Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

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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.

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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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