The House of Commons, 1833

The House of Commons, 1833
Artist	George Hayter
Year	1843
Type	Oil on canvas, historical painting
Dimensions	346 cm × 542 cm (136 in × 213 in)
Location	National Portrait Gallery, London

The House of Commons, 1833 is a large history painting by the British artist George Hayter.^[1] It depicts the first meeting of the House of Commons following the 1832 Great Reform Act and the subsequent general election that produced a landslide majority for the ruling Whig Government. In the Victorian era the painting was often known as The First Reformed Parliament.^[2]

Hayter began the work in 1833, without any commission and took a decade to complete. It was a further fifteen years before he finally sold it in 1858 to the newly founded National Portrait Gallery.^[3] In 1895 the Gallery also acquired what functions as an effective companion piece, Hayter's earlier The Trial of Queen Caroline depicting the House of Lords in 1820.^[4]