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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

(1803-1873), Novellist, playwright and Conservative politician; MP for St Ives, Lincoln and Hertfordshire

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 35 portraits
Novelist and politician; published Falkland, 1827, and Pelham, 1828, which made his reputation; enjoyed great popularity as the author of historical and romantic novels; MP from 1852 and secretary for the colonies, 1858-9.

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'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 - NPG x139661

'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

Authors and Novelists, published by Hughes & Edmonds - NPG Ax132899

Authors and Novelists

published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132899

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by Henry Richard Cook, after  Alfred Edward Chalon - NPG D7809

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

by Henry Richard Cook, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, circa 1831-1841
NPG D7809

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by James Thomson (Thompson), after  Frederick Richard Say - NPG D7810

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

by James Thomson (Thompson), after Frederick Richard Say
stipple engraving, published 1831
NPG D7810

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