Richard Brinsley Sheridan
(1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary oratorSitter associated with 168 portraits
Playwright and statesman; eloped with Elizabeth Linley whom he subsequently married, 1772; established his reputation with his comedy, The Rivals, 1775; manager of Drury Lane Theatre from 1776; The School for Scandal performed 1777. A favourite in society, he also embarked on a successful political career, becoming a Whig MP, 1780; noted as an orator; held office under Rockingham and Portland, and led the impeachment against Warren Hastings; friend and confidant of the Prince of Wales.
'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 January 1797
NPG D12592
'The loss of the faro bank; or - the rook's pigeon'd'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 February 1797
NPG D12595
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 February 1797
NPG D12596
'The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1797
NPG D12598
'Bank-notes, - paper-money, - French-alarmists, - o, the devil, the devil! - ah! poor John Bull!!!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1797
NPG D12601
'Midas, transmuting all, into paper'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 March 1797
NPG D12603
'Parliamentary-reform, - or - opposition-rats, leaving the house they had undermined'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1797
NPG D12614
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1797
NPG D12619
'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 20 January 1797
NPG D15304
'The delegates in council or beggars on horseback'
by Isaac Cruikshank, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1797
NPG D15627
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 February 1798
NPG D12631
'Search-night; - or - state-watchmen mistaking honest-men for conspirators'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 March 1798
NPG D12633
'Nelson's Victory; - or - good-news operating upon loyal-feelings'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 October 1798
NPG D12659
John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 October 1798
NPG D12661
'Doublûres of characters; - or - striking resemblances in phisiognomy'
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured aquatint and soft-ground etching, published 1 November 1798
NPG D12663
'Stealing off; - or - prudent secession'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 6 November 1798
NPG D12665
'Evidence to character; - being a portrait of a traitor, by his friends & by himself'
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching, published 1 October 1798
NPG D12674
'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No 1, plate 1st'
by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1798
NPG D13086
'The storm rising; - or - the Republican flotilla in danger'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 February 1798
NPG D13091
Richard Brinsley Sheridan ('Pizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian mine')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1799
NPG D12697
Related People
- Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell) (granddaughter)
- Charles Sheridan (son)
- Esther Jane Sheridan (née Ogle) (wife)
- Frances Sheridan (mother)
- Thomas Sheridan (father)
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