George Canning (1770-1827) led a faction of liberal Tories during Lord Liverpool's office (1812-27) and succeeded him as Prime Minister in 1827. The initial version of this sculpture, commissioned in 1827, was the first of Chantrey's many busts of prominent Tory politicians. There was much demand for replica busts of such public figures: studio assistants produced numerous precise copies which, when finished off by Chantrey, were considered as the sculptor's work. This marble bust was sculpted in 1821 by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781-1841).

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