Ramsay MacDonald
(1866-1937), Prime Minister(James) Ramsay MacDonald
Sitter associated with 72 portraits
With Keir Hardie, MacDonald created the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 and, in a pact with the Liberals, was among the first Labour MPs to be elected in 1906. He was Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party 1911-14 and 1922-31. A moderate, MacDonald persuaded his party to reject communism in 1920. He became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary in 1924. When the Depression brought MacDonald's second term of office to an end in 1931, he became premier of a National Government, but was expelled from the Labour Party. Accused by many of 'falling into the aristocratic embrace', he nevertheless saw Labour overtake the Liberals to become the alternative party of government.
by Solomon Joseph Solomon
oil on canvas, 1911
NPG 3890
by Winifred Cécile Dongworth
watercolour on ivory, 1920-1930
NPG 5029
by Lilian Mary Mayer
watercolour on ivory, 1924
NPG 2066
Ramsay MacDonald with members of his family
by Peggy Angus
oil on plywood, 1930s
NPG 6102
by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1931
NPG 2959
Max Planck; Ramsay MacDonald; Albert Einstein; Hermann Dietrich; Hermann Schmitz; Julius Curtius
by Erich Salomon
gelatin silver print, 28 July 1931
NPG P1699
by Herbert George Ponting
bromide print, circa 1931
NPG P2083
by Jacob Epstein
bronze bust, 1934
NPG 2934
'Like Father: Like Son (XIV)' (Malcolm John MacDonald; Ramsay MacDonald)
by Anthony Wysard
pencil and gouache, published in 'The Tatler' April 1936
NPG 6123
'The Labour Group in the House of Commons, Photographed Feb. 13th 1906 on the Terrace'
probably after Charles Henry Park
halftone postcard print, 1906 (13 February 1906)
NPG x193150
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1907
NPG x31583
'Labour Members of Parliament and their wives who visited Germany in the Spring of 1909'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1909
NPG x36285
'Party of Labour Members of Parliament and their wives who visited Germany in the Spring of 1909'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1909
NPG x36245
by Central News Ltd, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x197823
published by Independent Labour Party ('I.L.P.')
halftone postcard print, circa 1910
NPG x197826
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1914
NPG Ax140482
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, December 1919
NPG x14388
by Olive Edis
platinum print, 1920s
NPG x14389
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1920
NPG x6542
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x9084
by Hay Wrightson, published by James Dawson Yeadon
bromide postcard print, circa 1920s
NPG x197822
by Walter Scott
bromide postcard print, circa 1920s
NPG x197825
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1923
NPG x83712
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1923
NPG x83816
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1923
NPG x83817
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 February 1923
NPG x18817
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 February 1923
NPG x18818
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 February 1923
NPG x18819
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 February 1923
NPG x18816
by London News Agency
carbon print, January 1924
NPG x13192
Ramsay MacDonald and his cabinet of 1924
by Elliott & Fry
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1924
NPG x182171
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1926
NPG x7196
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1926
NPG x7197
by Vandyk, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, late 1920s
NPG x197824
Lillian Ward; Ramsay MacDonald; Ishbel MacDonald
by P & A Photos
bromide press print, October 1929
NPG x139625
by Barratt's
bromide postcard print, 1929
NPG x197884
Ishbel MacDonald; Ramsay MacDonald
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1929
NPG x198423
Ishbel MacDonald; Ramsay MacDonald; Sir Arthur Henry Rostron
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1929
NPG x198499
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, circa 1929
NPG x198567
Ramsay MacDonald; William Lyon Mackenzie King
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, early 1930s
NPG x194134
published by J. Millhoff & Co Ltd
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1930
NPG x196383
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 August 1931
NPG x88283
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 August 1931
NPG x88323
Ramsay MacDonald and his cabinet of 1931
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 1931
NPG x184174
'The Prime Minister's Reparations Dilema'
by Central Press
bromide print, 11 January 1932
NPG x20209
by Olive Edis
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 12 October 1933
NPG x14390
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1933
NPG x198393
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1937
NPG x13193
by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1941
NPG x515
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1923
NPG D9914
The Paulo-Post-Futurist (Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, 1924
NPG D9677
The Labours of MacHercules (Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1924
NPG D9845
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2680
by Tom Cottrell
chromolithographic cigarette card, 1929
NPG D2837
The Die-Hard (Stanley Baldwin; Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
ink and wash laid down on board, 1930
NPG D9879
The Master Chemist (Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, 1931
NPG D9673
Related People
- Alister Gladstone MacDonald (son)
- Ishbel Allan Peterkin (née MacDonald, later Ridgley) (daughter)
- Malcolm John MacDonald (son)
- Sheila MacDonald (daughter)
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