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.
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (early 1860s)
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Walker
bromide print, circa 1867
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print on card mount, late 1860s
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 1868
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Henry William Taunt & Co
woodburytype, 1870s
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
carbon cabinet card, 22 July 1878
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, 1868; published 1881
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, 1868; published 1881
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
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'What, in Parliamentary phrase, may be termed a pair'
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 July 1839
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
after Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
stipple engraving, (1878)
NPG D1168
Lord Beaconsfield addressing the House of Lords
after Frederick Sargent
chromolithograph, circa 1880
NPG D21600
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