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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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D41592

A Joculator! Or Teacher of Wonderful Animals (Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston)

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 November 1840
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D41593

Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill (Louis Philippe; Louis Adolphe Thiers; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston)

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 November 1840
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D41595

Pandora (Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston)

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 November 1840
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D41596

Political Showbox

by John Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 December 1840
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D41597

The New Pasha of Egypt (John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston)

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 December 1840
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D41603

Stothard's admired picture of "The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon". Somewhat Metamorphosed!

by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, after Thomas Stothard
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
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D41608

Cicero in Catilinam

by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 22 March 1841
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D14575

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1852)
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D39517

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Francis Holl, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1855
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D39518

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Francis Holl, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1855
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D39521

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by D.J. Pound, published by The London Joint Stock Newspaper Company, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, circa 1860s
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D39522

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Unknown artist
lithograph, circa 1860s
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D39515

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by George Zobel, published by Brooker & Son, after Francis Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 1 May 1861 (circa 1855)
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D39516

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by Francis Holl, by George Zobel, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 11 September 1865
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D39520

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by John Alfred Vinter, published by Day & Son Ltd, after George Housman Thomas
lithograph, published 17 October 1865
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D6536

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, before 1901
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