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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), Prime Minister

Sitter associated with 136 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.

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D5459

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 April 1841
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D1396

The House of Commons, 1860

by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
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Ax7901

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 30 March 1857
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x11966

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
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Ax38736

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
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Ax50164

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
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Ax50165

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
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Ax10074

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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x11971

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
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Ax7289

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by John Watkins
albumen print, circa 1861
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x11969

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
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x11970

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
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Ax15857

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Samuel Alexander Walker, printed and published by William Walker
albumen print, 1864; published 1865
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D10957

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston ('A noble viscount')

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
etching, published 1828
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D39519

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by John Samuelson Templeton, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Thomas McLean, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, published 1 December 1840
NPG D39519

D41570

Apollo and the Tuneful Nine

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 May 1840
NPG D41570

D41571

Chinese Jugglers (John Bull; Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Bt; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston)

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 May 1840
NPG D41571

D41573

To Mr John Bull, &c. &c.

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 May 1840
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D41584

Breaking up for the Vacation

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 August 1840
NPG D41584

D41589

Vacation Amusements. No.5. Angling.

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 October 1840
NPG D41589

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