Pages in a book; left, a Liberal page illustrated with a happy child, a cornucopia and a medallion of Gladstone; right, a Tory page illustrated with an unhappy child and a serpent depicted with the face of Disraeli. Engraving after W. Dewane, ca. 1880.

Three men seeking lodgings standing on the doorstep of a house where the charwoman (Benjamin Disraeli) addresses them from the window; representing the enfranchisement of lodgers. Process print, 1878, after J. Tenniel, 1867.

The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: people are burning in a ballot box, Disraeli is kissing a Turk representing tyranny and crime, a Zulu warrior looks on, and broken puppet of Lord Dalkeith lies in the foreground. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.

Benjamin Disraeli as a blackface minstrel wearing a crown and holding an umbrella. Engraving by W. Dewane, 1879.

British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

Gladstone is welcomed home by a woman who could not cope with her four children any longer, representing the parliamentary constitutency of Midlothian; Disraeli as Lord Beaconsfield ploughs a field in the background. Lithograph, ca. 1879.

Disraeli leaving Parliament with heavy luggage (war, imperialism, ruin, distress ...) on his shoulders; he is followed by Stafford Northcote. Engraving by W. Dewane, 1880.

Benjamin Disraeli as a barber called "Ben Jingo" is cutting the face of John Bull while shaving him. Engraving (?) by W. Dewane, 188-.

William Gladstone chasing with a stick a dog with the face of Benjamin Disraeli. Engraving after W. Dewane, ca. 1880.

British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

Pancakes.

The Midlothian campaign of 1879-80; a horserace between Lord Rosebery riding a horse with the face of Gladstone (the Liberal candidate) and Benjamin Disraeli riding a horse with the face of Lord Dalkeith (the Conservative candidate). Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.

1 print (album page 2) : lithograph ; image 34.9 x 47.5 cm

Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour :image 37.4 x 54.3 cm

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

1 print (album page 4) : engraving ; image 31.1 x 17.7 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 30.5 x 47 cm

Gladstone, asleep in a chair next to a fire, has a nightmare vision of Disraeli showing Queen Victoria celebrating Christmas dinner with foreigners, including a Chinese man, a native American, an African man and an Indian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 25 December 1886.

ix, 331 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Great deaths : grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / John Wolffe.

Curiosities of literature / edited with memoirs and notes by his son, B. Disraeli.

Literary character of men of genius : drawn from their own feelings and confessions / by Isaac Disraeli.

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Benjamin Disraeli

Images from the collections

Images featuring Benjamin Disraeli

Works from the collections

Curiosities of literature / edited with memoirs and notes by his son, B. Disraeli.

Literary character of men of genius : drawn from their own feelings and confessions / by Isaac Disraeli.

Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Benjamin Disraeli as a blackface minstrel wearing a crown and holding an umbrella. Engraving by W. Dewane, 1879.

Gladstone, asleep in a chair next to a fire, has a nightmare vision of Disraeli showing Queen Victoria celebrating Christmas dinner with foreigners, including a Chinese man, a native American, an African man and an Indian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 25 December 1886.

Great deaths : grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / John Wolffe.

Benjamin Disraeli

Images from the collections

Images featuring Benjamin Disraeli

Works from the collections

Curiosities of literature / edited with memoirs and notes by his son, B. Disraeli.

Literary character of men of genius : drawn from their own feelings and confessions / by Isaac Disraeli.

Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Benjamin Disraeli as a blackface minstrel wearing a crown and holding an umbrella. Engraving by W. Dewane, 1879.

Gladstone, asleep in a chair next to a fire, has a nightmare vision of Disraeli showing Queen Victoria celebrating Christmas dinner with foreigners, including a Chinese man, a native American, an African man and an Indian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 25 December 1886.

Great deaths : grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / John Wolffe.

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