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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Prime Minister and novelist

Sitter associated with 97 portraits
Statesman; first made his mark as a flamboyant literary prodigy; gradually asserted his influence on the Tory Party through his outstanding abilities as a politician and orator, becoming Prime Minister in 1868; guided the Second Reform Bill through Parliament; his diplomatic triumphs included the purchase of the Suez Canal, and the Congress of Berlin; one of the greatest statesmen of his age.

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D7817

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by John Henry Robinson, published by George Virtue, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, (1840)
NPG D7817

D13928

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by John Henry Robinson, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, (1840)
NPG D13928

D21538

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Frederick Cartwright, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
lithograph, 1860s
NPG D21538

D21541

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor
lithograph, 1860s
NPG D21541

D1396

The House of Commons, 1860

by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
NPG D1396

D11225

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 9 February 1867
NPG D11225

D23024

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Faustin Betbeder ('Faustin')
chromolithograph, 1874
NPG D23024

D21537

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Georges Labadie Pilotell
drypoint, published 1878
NPG D21537

D21544

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

after Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
stipple engraving, (1878)
NPG D21544

D19527

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Georges Labadie Pilotell
drypoint, published 1878
NPG D19527

D21539

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by W.G.S., after (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
lithograph, published 1881 (1878)
NPG D21539

D21542

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Maclure & Macdonald, after W. & D. Downey
chromolithograph, published 23 December 1882 (1868)
NPG D21542

D21543

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, 1882 (1881)
NPG D21543

Ax27779

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by W. & D. Downey
woodburytype
NPG Ax27779

Ax9512

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9512

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