Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
(1804-1881), Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter associated with 112 portraits
Disraeli was a Tory statesman, becoming Prime Minister in 1868 and again, for a longer period, in 1874. He was born in London into a wealthy Jewish-Italian family and started out as a solicitor before becoming an eccentric writer who dressed in ostentatious clothes. During his time in government, he introduced legislation designed to improve the conditions of the working class, although its success was limited. He also undertook an aggressive imperial policy, including audaciously purchasing a controlling interest for Britain in the Suez Canal in Egypt, which provided the British with a pathway to its colony, India.
Explore the portrait of Benjamin Disraeli by Sir Joseph Boehm (NPG 1760) from all angles.
Unknown man, formerly known as Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Charles Richard Bone
watercolour, 1828
NPG 4503
Unknown man, formerly known as Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
attributed to Kenneth Macleay
watercolour on ivory, circa 1830s-1840s
NPG 1293
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by or after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, circa 1833
NPG 3093
by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
NPG 4893
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 January 1869
NPG 6659
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Randolph Caldecott
chalk
NPG 3031
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
plaster cast of statuette, 1878-1879
NPG 652
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3339
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3340
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3341
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3342
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Hamo Thornycroft
plaster cast of statuette, 1881
NPG 4671
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, 1881
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3241
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Lockhart Bogle, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, 1892, based on a work of 1881
NPG 925
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Robert Glassby, cast by John Theodore Tussaud
wax cast of death-mask, 1933, based on a work of 1881
NPG 2655
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of statuette, 1881
NPG 1760
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, circa 1881
NPG 860
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink
NPG 6251(4)
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
printed by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1877 (early 1860s)
NPG Ax17734
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18295
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
printed by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1877 (early 1860s)
NPG Ax46252
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (early 1860s)
NPG Ax8566
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s (early 1860s)
NPG x650
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen cabinet card, circa 1881 (early 1860s)
NPG x651
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x652
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x653
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax33505
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by and published by William Walker
albumen print, published 1867
NPG Ax15850
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, late 1860s
NPG x9189
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
NPG Ax18275
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, 1868, published 1881
NPG Ax17621
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868
NPG x76461
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 1868
NPG Ax27712
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
NPG Ax46195
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1868
NPG x38390
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
NPG x45467
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
woodburytype carte-de-visite, 1868
NPG x659
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Mayall
albumen cabinet card, circa 1868
NPG x46496
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868
NPG x656
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