Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Prime Minister and novelist
Sitter associated with 97 portraits
Statesman; first made his mark as a flamboyant literary prodigy; gradually asserted his influence on the Tory Party through his outstanding abilities as a politician and orator, becoming Prime Minister in 1868; guided the Second Reform Bill through Parliament; his diplomatic triumphs included the purchase of the Suez Canal, and the Congress of Berlin; one of the greatest statesmen of his age.
Unknown man, formerly known as Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Charles Richard Bone
watercolour, 1828
NPG 4503
Unknown man, formerly known as Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
attributed to Kenneth Macleay
watercolour on ivory, circa 1830s-1840s
NPG 1293
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by or after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, circa 1833
NPG 3093
by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
NPG 4893
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 January 1869
NPG 6659
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Randolph Caldecott
chalk
NPG 3031
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
plaster cast of statuette, 1878-1879
NPG 652
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3339
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3340
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3341
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3342
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir (William) Hamo Thornycroft
plaster cast of statuette, 1881
NPG 4671
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, 1881
On display in Room 25 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3241
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Lockhart Bogle, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, 1892 (1881)
NPG 925
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of statuette, 1881
On display in Room 25 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1760
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, circa 1881
NPG 860
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink
NPG 6251(4)
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Robert Glassby, cast by John Theodore Tussaud
wax cast of death-mask, (1881) 1933
NPG 2655
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
printed by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1877 (early 1860s)
NPG Ax17734
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18295
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