William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister and writer
Sitter associated with 266 portraits
The grand old man of British politics; leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister in four governments from 1868 to 1894; responsible for major reforms in every sphere of national life, and for the development of imperial foreign policy; divided the party on the issue of the Irish Home Rule; stamped his moral authority on the politics of his time; a considerable scholar and author in his own right.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3575
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3366
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3368
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3373
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3377
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3381
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3382
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3383
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3384
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3385
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3386
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3387
William Ewart Gladstone; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink
NPG 6251(21)
by Thomas Woolner
bronze bust, 1882
NPG 2167
by Alfred Edward Emslie
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 3845
The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
oil on canvas, published in Vanity Fair Christmas Supplement 1886
On display in Room 25 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5256
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 November 1887
NPG 5057
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
NPG 2308
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1833
by Alfred Edward Emslie
oil on canvas, 1890
On display in the Dining Room at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 3898
Gladstone
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)
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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