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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

Swing Caught At Last, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41300

Swing Caught At Last

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 January 1835
NPG D41300

Extraordinary Meeting of Leaders of Opposition, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Ducôte & Stephens, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41309

Extraordinary Meeting of Leaders of Opposition

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 March 1835
NPG D41309

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by Richard James Lane, after  Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG D45945

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

by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph, (24 April 1837)
NPG D45945

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by Richard James Lane, after  Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG D46228

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

by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (1 August 1837)
NPG D46228

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by Richard James Lane, after  Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG D1880

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

by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (1 August 1837)
NPG D1880

What, in Parliamentary Phrase, may be termed a Pair, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41538

What, in Parliamentary Phrase, may be termed a Pair

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 July 1839
NPG D41538

'What, in Parliamentary phrase, may be termed a pair', by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D1239

'What, in Parliamentary phrase, may be termed a pair'

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 July 1839
NPG D1239

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by G. Cook, published by  Richard Bentley, after  Richard James Lane - NPG D14166

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

by G. Cook, published by Richard Bentley, after Richard James Lane
stipple engraving, published 1848
NPG D14166

The House of Commons, 1860, by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after  John Phillip - NPG D1396

The House of Commons, 1860

by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
NPG D1396

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by Mason Jackson, published by  Illustrated London News, after an intermediary drawing by  Thomas Dewell Scott - NPG D1238

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

by Mason Jackson, published by Illustrated London News, after an intermediary drawing by Thomas Dewell Scott
wood engraving, published 4 December 1869
NPG D1238

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ('A Noble Novelist. Culture.'), published by Frederick Arnold, after  Unknown artist - NPG D48323

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ('A Noble Novelist. Culture.')

published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 8 January 1873
NPG D48323

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