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Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

(1815-1895), Politician, Home Secretary and Lord President of the Council; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Sitter in 12 portraits

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Gladstone's Cabinet of 1868, by Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG 5116

Gladstone's Cabinet of 1868

by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869-1874
NPG 5116

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by John Watkins - NPG Ax17754

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870 or before
NPG Ax17754

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by John Watkins - NPG Ax8529

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870 or before
NPG Ax8529

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by John Watkins - NPG Ax21859

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by John Watkins
albumen print, 1870 or before
NPG Ax21859

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by John Watkins - NPG x27760

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870 or before
NPG x27760

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington - NPG Ax17690

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1882
NPG Ax17690

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells - NPG D20713

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1868 or after
NPG D20713

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells - NPG D7132

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1868 or after
NPG D7132

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells - NPG D7133

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1868 or after
NPG D7133

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (Statesmen, No. 29.'), by Carlo Pellegrini - NPG D43393

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (Statesmen, No. 29.')

by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 August 1869
NPG D43393

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare ('Our Home Ruler'), published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist - NPG D48273

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare ('Our Home Ruler')

published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 31 January 1872
NPG D48273

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, after Unknown artist - NPG D967

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

after Unknown artist
chromolithograph, 1877 or after
NPG D967

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