William Ewart Gladstone
(1809-1898), Prime Minister and writer; Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 324 portraits
Famous as the ‘grand old man’ of British politics; Gladstone was leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister in four governments from 1868 to 1894. Gladstone was responsible for major reforms in every sphere of national life, and for the development of imperial foreign policy. He divided the party on the issue of Irish Home Rule and stamped his moral authority on the politics of his time. Gladstone’s father, John Gladstone was one of the largest owners of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and this wealth supported Gladstone’s early career in politics. As a politician, Gladstone supported the proposal to compensate slave-owners for the loss of their ‘property’ after slavery was abolished and the introduction of the apprenticeship system that required newly freed Africans to continue working for their masters for four to six years.
by Andrew & George Taylor
albumen cabinet card, 1870s (1869)
NPG x197309
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1870s-1880s
NPG x17300
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x5979
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1873
NPG x6852
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
NPG x5959
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
NPG x5958
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
NPG Ax46203
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, published by Provost & Co
albumen print, circa 1873
NPG Ax27874
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873 or before
NPG Ax28467
William Ewart Gladstone; Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke and an unknown man
by Fradelle & Marshall, after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873-1877
NPG x197162
'The Man We All Have Confidence In'
by Enoch Steele, after W.R.S.
albumen carte-de-visite, 1874?
NPG x197099
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132898
by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen cabinet card, 1876
NPG x197425
by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1877
NPG Ax18277
by William Currey
carbon cabinet card, 6 August 1877
NPG x12503
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 31 March 1879
NPG x127432
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 31 March 1879
NPG x5962
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 31 March 1879
NPG x5963
'An Old Favourite' (William Ewart Gladstone)
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after C.G. Williams
albumen cabinet card, (1879)
NPG x197581
by James Russell & Sons
albumen cabinet card, 1880
NPG x128429
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, 12 March 1880, published 1882
NPG Ax17657
William Ewart Gladstone; Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne)
by James Russell & Sons
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x17038
by James Russell & Sons
carbon cabinet card, circa 1880s
NPG x46687
by L.V. Harcourt, printed by Walker & Cockerell
platinum print, (1880s)
NPG x5970
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1880
NPG x5984
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1880s; published 1909
NPG x134954
by James Russell & Sons, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s (circa 1880s)
NPG x197770
by Charles Henry Braithwaite
carbon carte-de-visite, 14 September 1881
NPG x76200
by Charles Henry Braithwaite
carbon carte-de-visite, 14 September 1881
NPG x17039
by Thomas Fall
carbon carte-de-visite, 14 September 1881
NPG x76463
by Charles Henry Braithwaite
carbon cabinet card, 14 September 1881
NPG x129585
William Ewart Gladstone with his grandson
by Thomas Fall
carbon cabinet card, 14 September 1881
NPG x22229
Mr and Mrs Gladstone and others at Deal Castle
by John Berryman
albumen carte-de-visite, 24 August 1881
NPG x134578
Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne); William Ewart Gladstone
after Archibald McLeod
albumen carte-de-visite, 1882
NPG x5976
William Ewart Gladstone; Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne)
by Archibald McLeod
albumen cabinet card, 1882
NPG x5977
by George Watmough Webster & Son
albumen print, mid-1880s
NPG x7260
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 10 March 1883
NPG x85591
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 10 March 1883
NPG x85592
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 10 March 1883
NPG x85593
Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne); William Ewart Gladstone
by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 10 March 1883
NPG x96223
Related People
- Mary Drew (née Gladstone) (daughter)
- Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (son)
- Henry Neville Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden (son)
- Catherine Gladstone (née Glynne) (wife)
- Constance Gertrude Gladstone (granddaughter)
- Evelyn Catherine Gladstone (granddaughter)
- Helen Gladstone (daughter)
- Sir John Gladstone (father)
- Robertson Gladstone (brother)
- Stephen Deiniol Gladstone (grandson)
- Stephen Edward Gladstone (son)
- Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Bt (brother)
- William Glynne Charles Gladstone (grandson)
- William Henry Gladstone (son)
- Dorothy Mary Catherine ('Dossie') Parish (née Drew) (granddaughter)
- Agnes Wickham (née Gladstone) (daughter)
- Lucy C. Wickham (granddaughter)
- Margaret Wickham (granddaughter)
- William G. Wickham (grandson)
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