Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
(1770-1828), Prime MinisterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 59 portraits
A Tory statesman, Jenkinson was in office almost continuously for thirty years as Foreign Secretary under Addington (1801-3), was Home Secretary under Pitt (1804) and rose to be Prime Minister from 1812-27. Leading an unusually balanced Tory Cabinet, he steered his administration through the Napoleonic Wars and their turbulent aftermath in the 1820s when there was intense popular agitation in Britain.
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 1803
NPG D12810
storming Heaven; - with, the gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 May 1804
NPG D13106
'End of the Irish farce of Catholic Emancipation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 17 May 1805
NPG D13110
'Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 9 January 1807
NPG D12884
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 February 1807
NPG D12885
'Charon's boat - or - the ghost's of "All the Talents" taking their last voyage'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 16 July 1807
NPG D12895
'British tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1807
NPG D12896
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1808
NPG D37372
'Delicious dreams! - Castles in the air! - Glorious prospects!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 April 1808
NPG D12905
'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1808
NPG D12906
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 22 March 1808
NPG D13115
'Disciples catching the mantle: - the spirit of darkness overshadowing the priests of Baal'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 June 1808
NPG D13116
'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
NPG D12922
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1815
NPG D3596
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 14 April 1815
NPG D15706
The Broken Crown or, The Disasters of a Green-Bag Chief!!!
by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured etching and letterpress, circa November-December 1820
NPG D46037
All a Bottle of Smoke!! or John Bull and the Secret Committee
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published July 1820
NPG D46058
by Unknown artist, published by Thomas Dolby
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1820
NPG D48670
Doctors, Bishops, Judges, Generals, and Statesmen at hard work on a Sitting Committee
by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by William Benbow
hand-coloured etching, circa 1820
NPG D48671
The Cauldron or Shakespeare Travestie 1820
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published August 1820
NPG D48672
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