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Tory statesman. In office almost continuously for thirty years as Foreign Secretary under Addington (1801–1803), was Home Secretary under Pitt (1804) and rose to be Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827. 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. A leading Tory statesman, Liverpool held office almost continuously for thirty years as Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary and, from 1812, Prime Minister. This sketch was made late on in the process of completing the painting but was not enough for the artist. On 7 March 1823, just weeks before the painting was exhibited publicly, Hayter wrote to the Prime Minister requesting yet another sitting: 'Mr George Hayter.
Title
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Date
1823
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 33 x W 25.8 cm
Accession number
5257
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1979
Work type
Painting