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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

(1847-1929), Prime Minister and author; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Sitter in 24 portraits
A Whig aristocrat, Rosebery was twice Foreign Secretary, firstly in 1886 and then from 1892 to 1894. He succeeded William Gladstone as Prime Minister and served in this office from 1894 to 1895. His selection was seen largely as the consequence of Queen Victoria's dislike for most of the leading Liberals of the day. Rosebery's government is considered to have been fairly unsuccessful. His designs in foreign policy, such as expansion of the fleet, were defeated by disagreements within the Liberal Party, while the Tory-dominated House of Lords stopped the whole of the Liberals' domestic legislation.

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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Harry Furniss - NPG 3406

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3406

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Harry Furniss - NPG 3406a

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3406a

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Harry Furniss - NPG 3600

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3600

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

Dinner at Haddo House, 1884

by Alfred Edward Emslie
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 3845

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG 2858

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1890s?
NPG 2858

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG 2860

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1890s?
NPG 2860

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG 2859

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, after 1896
NPG 2859

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Unknown photographer - NPG x12745

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Unknown photographer
woodburytype on paper mount, published 1878
NPG x12745

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x12551

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1886-1896
NPG x12551

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x134497

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1886-1896
NPG x134497

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by York & Son, after Unknown photographer - NPG x3660

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by York & Son, after Unknown photographer
glass lantern slide, 1890s
NPG x3660

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century, by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41191

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 20 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41191

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century, by Lafayette - NPG x88530

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century

by Lafayette
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 20 August 1897
NPG x88530

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, published by Stewart & Woolf - NPG x197843

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

published by Stewart & Woolf
bromide postcard print, early 1900s
NPG x197843

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x197842

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1903
NPG x197842

'King Edward & His Empire Builders', published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x197883

'King Edward & His Empire Builders'

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197883

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ('Statesmen. No. 225.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D43747

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ('Statesmen. No. 225.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 3 June 1876
NPG D43747

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.') - NPG D41929

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41929

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Henry T. Greenhead, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Elliott & Fry - NPG D39875

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

by Henry T. Greenhead, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Elliott & Fry
mezzotint, published 23 October 1894 (1886-1896)
NPG D39875

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ('Statesmen. No. 733.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D45057

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ('Statesmen. No. 733.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 March 1901
NPG D45057

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