Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
(1786-1880), DiplomatEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 11 portraits
Spent most of his career as ambassador in Constantinople, exercising great influence over the Sultan and his advisers and playing a key role in the diplomatic events leading to the outbreak of the Crimean War. Although he worked to prevent it, he thought war inevitable in the long run.
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1856-1857
NPG 684
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1864
NPG 791
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Disdéri
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax5052
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x25268
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x134611
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by George Glanville
albumen photomontage on photographer's card mount, 1870s
NPG x28792
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Unknown artist
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D42084
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, 1830
NPG D42082
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, 1830
NPG D20574
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1853)
NPG D42083
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