Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by George Gammon Adams
circa 1867
30 in. (762 mm) high
NPG 1206
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Presumably related to the bust of Palmerston by Adams exhibited RA, 1867 (1134). Palmerston is wearing the star of the Order of the Garter.
Provenanceback to top
The artist, purchased from his widow, 1899.
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.
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