Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(1784-1865), Prime MinisterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 146 portraits
Politician who served twice as Prime Minister. He was in government office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865, beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory and concluding it as a Liberal. He served successively as: Secretary at War (1809-28); Foreign Secretary (1830-41 and 1846-51); Home Secretary (1853-5) and Prime Minister (1855-8 and 1859-65). He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through a period when the United Kingdom was at the height of its colonial power. His vigorous policy of intervention, often controversial at the time, made him one of the greatest Victorian statesman and among the most powerful figures in European politics.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax29684
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x1475
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x11965
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x134604
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1862-1866
NPG Ax59148
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston('Reproduction of Lord Palmerston')
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1862-1866
NPG Ax59094
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax29680
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Window & Bridge
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax29681
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax18366
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax18368
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax18252
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax11938
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x46633
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x11976
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax46206
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x134610
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Samuel Alexander Walker, printed and published by William Walker
albumen print, 1864, published 1865
NPG Ax15857
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Cann
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x139652
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Samuel Alexander Walker, published by Richard Bentley
woodburytype on paper mount, 1864, published 1876
NPG x11964
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