Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), Prime Minister
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Statesman; MP from 1807; supported parliamentary reform; secretary-at-war, 1809-28; foreign secretary, 1830-41, and 1846-51; home secretary, 1853-5; prime minister, 1855-8, 1859-65; his vigorous policy of intervention made him one of the most powerful figures in European politics.
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.