Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
(1804-1881), Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter associated with 112 portraits
Disraeli was a Tory statesman, becoming Prime Minister in 1868 and again, for a longer period, in 1874. He was born in London into a wealthy Jewish-Italian family and started out as a solicitor before becoming an eccentric writer who dressed in ostentatious clothes. During his time in government, he introduced legislation designed to improve the conditions of the working class, although its success was limited. He also undertook an aggressive imperial policy, including audaciously purchasing a controlling interest for Britain in the Suez Canal in Egypt, which provided the British with a pathway to its colony, India.
Explore the portrait of Benjamin Disraeli by Sir Joseph Boehm (NPG 1760) from all angles.
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Henry Lenthall, after William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, (early 1860s)
NPG x648
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x654
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
NPG Ax38631
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868
NPG x657
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
NPG x660
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by W. & D. Downey, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, 1868, published 1881
NPG x663
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
after Mayall
albumen print on card mount, circa 1868
NPG x655
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
carbon cabinet card, 22 July 1878
NPG x667
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
after Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
stipple engraving, (1878)
NPG D1168
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by Fine Art Society Ltd, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, published 15 December 1881
NPG D49669
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by William Biscombe Gardner, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving on paper, laid on linen, published 30 April 1881 based on a work of 1880
NPG D49670
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