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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

(1848-1930), Prime Minister and philosopher

20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 140 portraits
Born at Whittingehame House, East Lothian and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge; Balfour first made his mark as a philosopher, publishing A Defence of Philosophic Doubt in 1879; he entered politics in 1874 through the patronage of his uncle, Lord Salisbury, as a Conservative member for Hertford; succeeded Salisbury as Prime Minister in 1902 but was unable to keep together a party divided by issues of Free Trade and Protectionism and resigned in 1905; during the First World War he worked as First Lord of the Admiralty and, from 1916 to 1919, as Foreign Secretary; Balfour continued in politics until the age of eighty, having served for twenty-seven years as a member of the cabinet.

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The Imperial War Cabinet, by Vandyk - NPG x130051

The Imperial War Cabinet

by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x130051

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Unknown photographer - NPG x196007

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG x196007

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax142324

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Autumn 1925
NPG Ax142324

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax142332

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Autumn 1925
NPG Ax142332

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour ('Statesmen. No. 529.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D44351

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour ('Statesmen. No. 529.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 September 1887
NPG D44351

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after  Charles William Sherborn, after  Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland - NPG D20769

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, 1889 (1888)
NPG D20769

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Charles William Sherborn, after  Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland - NPG D7482

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
etching, 1889 (1888)
NPG D7482

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after  Charles William Sherborn, after  Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland - NPG D9613

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, 1889 (1888)
NPG D9613

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D41936

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41936

Joe Chamberlain, Gladstone, Balfour, Harcourt et al, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D41942

Joe Chamberlain, Gladstone, Balfour, Harcourt et al

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41942

Arthur Balfour, Frederick Temple, Edward White Benson et al, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D41949

Arthur Balfour, Frederick Temple, Edward White Benson et al

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41949

Arthur Balfour, Joe Chamberlain, Viscount Chaplin et al, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D41950

Arthur Balfour, Joe Chamberlain, Viscount Chaplin et al

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41950

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Minnie Lee Everett (M. Cormack), published by  Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after  Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema - NPG D7484

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Minnie Lee Everett (M. Cormack), published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
mezzotint, published 25 May 1892
NPG D7484

"The Lord Proctect Us!"

by Harry Furniss
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 December 1898
NPG D44936

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Sir Emery Walker, after  (George) Fiddes Watt - NPG D7483

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Sir Emery Walker, after (George) Fiddes Watt
photogravure, early 20th century
NPG D7483

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D42277

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
line block postcard, circa 1903
NPG D42277

The Faded Orchids, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D42281

The Faded Orchids

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
line block postcard, circa 1903
NPG D42281

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie - NPG D2654

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2654

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