John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
(1792-1878), Prime Minister and writer; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 249 portraits
As a Member of Parliament for the Whig party from 1813, Lord John Russell's efforts to reform Parliament contributed to the introduction of the Reform Act in 1832. Prime Minister 1846-52 and 1865-6, and Foreign Secretary 1859-65, he exemplified the Whig doctrines of civil rights, toleration of dissent and respect for education.
Start for the Great Westminster Trial Stakes!
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
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Nicholas Nickleby's Introduction to Squeers!
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 25 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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by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 14 April 1841
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by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 5 May 1841
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by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 5 May 1841
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 15 May 1841
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Steering between Scylla and Charybdis
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 19 May 1841
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 15 May 1841
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Émile Desmaisons, printed by Lemercier Bernard et Cie, published by A.H. & C.E. Baily
lithograph, 20 May 1842
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Daniel John Pound, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, circa 1842-1877
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Samuel Bellin, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by George Routledge, after Thomas Heathfield Carrick
mezzotint, published 15 August 1844
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
after Thomas Heathfield Carrick
mezzotint, circa 1844
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
tinted lithograph, published 22 December 1845
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New Version of John Gilpin after Stothard
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
tinted lithograph, published 2 March 1846
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Daniel John Pound, published by The London Joint Stock Newspaper Company, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, 1850s-1860s
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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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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Alphonse Léon Noël, printed by Lemercier, published by Victor Delarue, after William Walker & Sons
lithograph, 1864
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by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 June 1869
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Related People
- John Russell, Viscount Amberley (son)
- Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (uncle)
- John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (father)
- Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (brother)
- Lady Georgiana Adelaide Peel (née Russell) (daughter)
- Frances Anna Maria ('Fanny') (née Elliot), Countess Russell (wife)
- Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (grandson)
- Lady (Mary) Agatha Russell (daughter)
- Lord George William Russell (brother)
- Lord William Russell (uncle)
- Adelaide (née Lister), Lady Russell (wife)
- (Francis Albert) Rollo Russell (son)
- Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (grandfather)
- Lady Elizabeth Russell (née Keppel), Marchioness of Tavistock (grandmother)
- Lady Victoria Villiers (née Russell) (daughter)
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