1 OF 30

The Derby Cabinet of 1867

1 of 30 portraits of John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland

by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
30 in. x 47 1/2 in. (762 mm x 1207 mm)
Purchased, 1972
Primary Collection
NPG 4893

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Artistback to top

Henry Gales (active 1868). Artist of 1 portrait.

Sittersback to top

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Prime Minister and novelist. Sitter associated with 97 portraits.
Richard Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823-1889), Statesman. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794-1878), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Henry Thomas Lowry Corry (1803-1873), Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814-1906), Politician. Sitter in 28 portraits.
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 100 portraits.
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893), Politician and diarist. Sitter in 51 portraits.
John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton (1799-1880), Politician. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), Politician. Sitter in 30 portraits.
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807-1889), Statesman. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Politician. Sitter in 17 portraits.
Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-1872), Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Gordon (1818-1903), Politician and landowner. Sitter in 22 portraits.
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (1818-1906), Politician. Sitter in 30 portraits.
Spencer Horatio Walpole (1806-1898), Politician. Sitter in 15 portraits.

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Said to have been painted by Gales to a design by John Gilbert, this portrait represents the Conservative ministers sitting in consultation upon the question of the Abyssian expedition. The Prime Minister, the Earl of Derby stands at the head of the table addressing the cabinet; Disraeli stands at the other end of the table, paper in hand.