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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

13 of 74 portraits of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, related to drawing published in Vanity Fair 20 December 1900
14 3/8 in. x 8 3/4 in. (365 mm x 222 mm)
Purchased, 1974
Primary Collection
NPG 5004

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 74 portraits.

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Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward. Artist associated with 276 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.

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The dominant figure in the Conservative party at the end fo the nineteenth-century, Salisbury was in his third term of office, serving as both Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, when this caricature was drawn.