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Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

(1786-1880), Diplomat

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 11 portraits
Spent most of his career as ambassador in Constantinople, exercising great influence over the Sultan and his advisers and playing a key role in the diplomatic events leading to the outbreak of the Crimean War. Although he worked to prevent it, he thought war inevitable in the long run.

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Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, by George Glanville - NPG x28792

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

by George Glanville
albumen photomontage on photographer's card mount, 1870s
NPG x28792

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Joseph Slater - NPG D42082

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, 1830
NPG D42082

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Joseph Slater - NPG D20574

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, 1830
NPG D20574

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