Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
(1831-1891), 'Owen Meredith'; poet; viceroy of IndiaSitter in 19 portraits
Lytton's career as Viceroy of India (1876-80) was controversial, including the great famine (1876-78) and the Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), both of which he is seen to have mishandled, leading to significant loss of life. He orchestrated the spectacular Delhi Durbar of 1877, the ceremony at which Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. During his diplomatic career, he published numerous poems under the pseudonym Owen Meredith. His daughter was the militant suffragette Constance Bulwer-Lytton.
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3488
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 1007
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Abel Lewis
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x17229
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x13101
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
published by Figaro Office
woodburytype, 1870s
NPG x20175
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG Ax17482
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by (Octavius) Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876
NPG x19936
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876
NPG x17069
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876
NPG Ax46198
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, 1876
NPG x197471
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen cabinet card, 1877
NPG x13102
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen cabinet card, 1877
NPG x13100
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Walery
vintage bromide print, 1880s
NPG x138125
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG Ax27795
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published November 1889
NPG Ax38306
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG Ax27716
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG x9055
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton ('Statesmen. No. 219.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 March 1876
NPG D43736
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
published by Arthur Lucas, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 20 February 1893 (1884)
NPG D38054
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