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Richard Blome (c.1660 - 1705)
William Sargent (1786-1863) Treasury official
British 19th century unknown
The Quaker, and the Commissioners of Excise
George Moutard Woodward (1760 - 1809)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815-1895) Home Secretary 1869-1873
Henry Tanworth (after) Wells (1828 - 1903)
The Bench
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Justice
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818)
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
“The Army and Navy”
John Prescott Knight (1803 - 1881)
Samuel William Reynolds (1773 - 1835)
An Unwelcome Visit
George Moutard Woodward (1760 - 1809)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Henry Pelham (1694-1754) and his secretary John Roberts
John Shackleton ( - 1767)
The Bench / Of the Different Meaning of the Words Character, Caracatura and Outré in Painting and Drawing
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Charles Arthur Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen (1832-1900) Lord Chief Justice of England
James Doyle Penrose (1862 - 1932)
Sir John Chardin (1643-1713) traveller and merchant; envoy to Holland 1683
John Michael Wright (1617 - 1694)
A Tenant At Will
Charles Jameson (after) Grant
Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir (1754-1820) politician
Henry Eldridge (1769 - 1821)
Thomas Medland
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1799-1861) Lord Chancellor
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817 - 1889/90)
Sir Francis Grant (1803 - 1878)
Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir (1754-1820)
Henry Eldridge (1769 - 1821)
Thomas Medland
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone (1842-1915) judge; Lord Chief Justice of England
Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope (1857 - 1940)
Exhibition of Water Coloured Drawings, Old Bond Street
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
George Graham (1801-1888) Registrar General (1842-1879)
Frank Holl (1845 - 1888)
King William IV (1765-1837) when Duke of Clarence
Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769 - 1850)
James Ward (1769 - 1859)
Sir Henry Gould (1710-1794) judge
Thomas Hardy (1757 - 1804)
The Army and Navy
John Prescott Knight (1803 - 1881)
Samuel William Reynolds (1773 - 1835)
Hudibras and the Lawyer
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818)
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802-1880) Chief Justice of the King’s Bench
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817 - 1889/90)
The Royal Academicians in their Council Chamber
Henry Singleton (1766 - 1839)
Charles Bestland (1763 - )
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823) Lord Chancellor
John Jones (c.1755 - 1796)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
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The Bench / Sarah Malcolm
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818)
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
The Income Tax!! or Statesmen contriving Everlasting Ways and Means for Carrying on the Peace!
John Lewis Marks (1769? - )
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823) Lord Chancellor
John Jones (c.1755 - 1796)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844)
Robert Dunkarton (1744 - 1811?)
John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)
A Tax Payer
Johann Christian Zeitter ( - 1862)
Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851)
A Tenant at Will
Charles Jameson Grant
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861) Prince Consort of Queen Victoria
Frederick Richard Say (c.1805 - 1868)
Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet (1789-1856) army officer; Governor of Hong Kong
Sir Francis Grant (1803 - 1878)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) Prime Minister
British 19th century unknown
Old Bailey
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
The Arctic Council of 1851
James Scott (1809 - c.1889)
Stephen Pearce (1819 - 1904)
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733-1805) Lord Chancellor
Joseph Grozer (1755 - 1799)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)
Gainsborough Dupont (c.1754 - 1797)
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802-1880) judge and politician
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817 - 1889/90)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-78)
William Hoare (c.1707 - 1792)
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith (1852-1928) politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer; Prime Minister
Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860 - 1927)
Scale Copy, East Wall, King’s Staircase, Hampton Court (after Antonio Verrio)
Alistair N Stewart (1905 - )
Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham (1726-1831) Admiral and naval administrator
Isaac Pocock (1782 - 1835)
Charles Picart
David Robertson
Thomas Newton (1704-1782) Bishop of Bristol
Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822)
Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)
George Washington (1732-1799) revolutionary army officer and first President of the United States of America
James Heath (1757 - 1834)
Gilbert Charles Stuart (1755 - 1828)
Public Petition Writer
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) Prime Minister
John Partridge (1789 - 1872)
Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887)
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) chemist and inventor
William Henry Worthington (c.1790 - )
James Lonsdale (1777 - 1839)
Byron and Marianna
George James Zobel (1810 - 1881)
William Drummond
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