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Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

(1824-1899), Politician, army officer and landowner

Sitter in 8 portraits

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Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax196659

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax196659

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, by Maull & Co - NPG x21319

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s-1870s
NPG x21319

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, by Maull & Fox - NPG x75745

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

by Maull & Fox
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1870s
NPG x75745

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG D45968

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort

by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (19 July 1840)
NPG D45968

The Funeral Procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, by Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, and by George Augustus Sala, published by Ackermann & Co - NPG D42981

The Funeral Procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington

by Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, and by George Augustus Sala, published by Ackermann & Co
hand coloured etching and aquatint, 1 March 1853
NPG D42981

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort ('Statesmen. No. 233.

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort ('Statesmen. No. 233. "the Duke of Sport."')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 September 1876
NPG D43764

"Tattersall's, 1887" (King Edward VII; Edmund Tattersall; Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington; one unknown sitter and 14 others)

by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1887
NPG D44362

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort ('Statesmen. No. 617.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D44663

Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort ('Statesmen. No. 617.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 September 1893
NPG D44663

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