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Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

(1849-1917), Politician and Viceroy of India

Sitter in 7 portraits

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Dinner at Haddo House, 1884, by Alfred Edward Emslie - NPG 3845

Dinner at Haddo House, 1884

by Alfred Edward Emslie
oil on canvas, 1884
On display in the Room 28 wallcase at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3845

Encaenia at the University of Oxford, by Unknown photographer - NPG P1700(43)

Encaenia at the University of Oxford

by Unknown photographer
printing-out paper print, 21 June 1899
NPG P1700(43)

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin; James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, by Disdéri - NPG Ax16257

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin; James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

by Disdéri
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax16257

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin; James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, by Disdéri - NPG Ax16258

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin; James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

by Disdéri
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax16258

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, by Unknown photographer - NPG x197923

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1894-1899
NPG x197923

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ('Men of the Day. No. 951.

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ('Men of the Day. No. 951. ""')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 April 1905
NPG D45272

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Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

by Elliott & Fry
platinum print, 1886
NPG x18513

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