Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(1784-1865), Prime MinisterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 146 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.
Pandora (Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 November 1840
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 December 1840
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 December 1840
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 May 1840
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Stothard's admired picture of "The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon". Somewhat Metamorphosed!
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, after Thomas Stothard
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
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Stothard's admired picture of "The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon". Somewhat Metamorphosed!
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, after Thomas Stothard
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
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by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 22 March 1841
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 April 1841
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1852)
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'The New Ministry - the Cabinet', January 1853
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 8 January 1853
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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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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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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Daniel John Pound, published by The London Joint Stock Newspaper Company, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, circa 1860s
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Unknown artist
lithograph, circa 1860s
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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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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
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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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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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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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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
issued by Sarony & Co, after John Partridge
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (1844-1845)
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
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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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