5 OF 69

The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886

5 of 69 portraits of Joe Chamberlain

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
oil on canvas, published in Vanity Fair Christmas Supplement 1886
13 in. x 19 1/4 in. (330 mm x 489 mm)
Purchased, 1979
Primary Collection
NPG 5256

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Artistback to top

Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') (1854-1928). Artist of 7 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), Politician and freethinker. Sitter in 15 portraits.
John Bright (1811-1889), Statesman and orator. Sitter associated with 86 portraits.
Joseph ('Joe') Chamberlain (1836-1914), Industrialist and politician. Sitter associated with 69 portraits.
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840-1923), Sportsman and politician. Sitter in 24 portraits.
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), Politician. Sitter in 29 portraits.
Inspector Denning. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), Liberal politician. Sitter in 46 portraits.
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister and writer. Sitter associated with 266 portraits.
Ralph Allen Gossett, Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms at the House of Commons. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Mr Hansard. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Politician. Sitter in 47 portraits.
Lord Arthur William Hill (1846-1931), Politician and army officer. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Henry du Pré Labouchere (1831-1912), Journalist and politician. Sitter in 16 portraits.
Sir George Leveson Gower (1858-1951), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Archibald John Scott Milman (died 1902), Clerk of the House of Commons. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish patriot, politician and landowner. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922), Politician and landowner. Sitter in 6 portraits.

This portraitback to top

A chromolithograph after this picture was published in the Vanity Fair Christmas Supplement in 1886. The foreground group includes (left to right) Joseph Chamberlain, Charles Stewart Parnell, W.E. Gladstone, Lord Randolph Churchill and Lord Hartington, (later 8th Duke of Devonshire). John Bright stands third from the left.