The Whig Junto

The Whig Junto is a 1710 oil painting by the artist John James Baker. It features a group portrait of members of the Whig Junto, a leading group of Whig British politicians during the reign of Queen Anne. They were in power at the time they sat for Baker. The Whigs had vigorously prosecuted the War of the Spanish Succession against France, with notable victories under the command of the Duke of Marlborough. In the year of the painting, they were toppled from power by the rival Tories led by Robert Harley, who signed the Treaty of Utrecht ending the war. Only the Hanoverian Succession of 1714 led to the Whig return to power and enabled them to Impeach Harley.

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