Title

Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1882.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Caption

Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1882. Granville George Leveson-Gower (1815-1891), 2nd Earl Granville held various ministerial posts in Liberal governments of the mid to late 19th century. In 1848 as vice-president of the Board of Trade he was prominent in promoting the Great Exhibition of 1851. He is best remembered for his two spells as Foreign Secretary in Gladstone's administrations, holding the post in 1870-1874 and 1880-1885. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1882

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C18_286

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (1,1Mb) / 12,4in x 15,7in / 3723 x 4704 (300dpi)

Keywords

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