Group including John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Sir William Garrow; Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, and others

Inscriptionback to top

Annotated with names and inscribed in ink: GH in the House of Lords Queen's Trial/Aug^st 1820.

This portraitback to top

The drawings [NPG 1695(a-x)] were made ad vivum in the House of Lords from August to November 1820 during the course of the trial of the Queen.

Referenceback to top

Index to vol.XIII of Basil Jupp's extra-illustrated RA Catalogues, pp 49-51.

NPG 56th Annual Report 1912-13, pp 8-9.

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Lord Chancellor full-face, Judge Garrow profile to left and full-face, Liverpool profile to right. Group, one standing, others seated in animated conversation.

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Sir George Hayter and probably his sale Christie's 19 April 1871 (349) bought Noseda; Edward Basil Jupp and bound into his set of extra-illustrated RA Catalogues, vol.XIII; Matthew B. Walker and bought from him 1913.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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