Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), Prime Minister
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Statesman; barrister, 1804; MP from 1806; Irish secretary under Canning, 1827, and under Wellington, 1828; succeeded to title, 1829; home secretary under Grey, 1830-4; prime minister, 1834 and 1835-41; mentor and adviser to the young Queen Victoria.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.