Statesman Collection

Winston Churchill making his famous V for Victory sign, 1942. A typical gesture of defiance from Britains wartime Prime Minister. (Colorised black and white print)

Leisure Moment, c1945. Creator: Unknown
Leisure Moment, c1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) smoking one of his trademark cigars

Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (early 20th century). Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), French prelate and statesman

Napoleon, (1769-1821), c1894-95, (1936). Creator: James Sant
Napoleon, (1769-1821), c1894-95, (1936). Last portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) commissioned to James Sant (1820-1916)

Charles I and Speaker Lenthall, c1850, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Charles I and Speaker Lenthall, c1850, (1947). On 4 January 1642, King Charles I (1600-1649, standing, in hat) entered the House of Commons to arrest five Members of Parliament for high treason

Lenin, (c1930), (1939). Creator: Aleksandr Gerasimov
Lenin, (c1930), (1939). Portrait of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924). Lenin was the first Soviet head of state, prime minister of the USSR

Dropping the Pilot, 1890. Artist: John Tenniel
Dropping the Pilot, 1890. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) Prussian/German statesman, resigned as Chancellor, together with his son the German foreign minister

Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Russian Bolshevik leader, in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, October 1918. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic

Integrity retiring from Office!, 1801
Integrity retiring from Office!, Pub. 1801 (hand coloured engraving). William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) resigns as Prime Minister in protest at Kings rejection of the bills to unite England

Daniel Earl of Nottingham, c1785. Creator: Unknown
Daniel Earl of Nottingham, c1785. Daniel Earl of Nottingham (1647-1730), English Conservative statesman regarded as an honourable and virtuous man

Trial of Lord Lovat, Westminster Hall, London, 1747. Interior view of Westminster Hall, with both houses of Parliament assembled for the trial of the Jacobite, Simon, Lord Lovat

Mr. Churchill contemplates the ruins of the House of Commons, bombed in May 1941, 1941 (1955). Incendiary bombs which fell on the nights of 10

British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visiting Ireland, 1914 (1951). Asquith visiting Ireland during the trouble over Irish Home Rule

The Tea-Room, House of Commons, Westminster, London, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume X, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

Tsar Nicholas II at the opening ceremony of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 1906. The Duma, the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill (1874-1965), Britains wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier

The Rhodes Colossus, 1892 Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
The Rhodes Colossus, 1892. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), English-born South African businessman and statesman, shown striding across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo with a telegraph wire

House of Commons v. House of Lords, 1925, (1945). Creator: Unknown
House of Commons v. House of Lords, 1925, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) playing in the annual polo match at the Ranelagh Club in south west London

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, c1537, (1902). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, c1537, (1902). Cromwell (c1485-1540) was King Henry VIII of Englands chief minister

British politicians and prime ministers, 1837. Artist: R Hick
British politicians and prime ministers, 1837. Featured are George Grenville, John Stuart, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Lord North and Thomas Townshend

Count Otto von Bismarck, Prusso-German statesman, 1870. Otto Edward Leopold, Count von Bismarck (1815-1898) was Chancellor of Prussia and architect of modern Germany

The House of Commons During A Debate, 1858, (1947). Creator: Unknown
The House of Commons During A Debate, 1858, (1947). Interior of the Palace of Westminster in London, with (all-male) members of parliament on opposing benches. Lithograph after a painting

Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Aboard H.M.S. " Prince of Wales", August 1941, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales during the Second World War

Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Tour of Inspection in an Arms Factory, 1940s, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine (1880-1977) visiting an engineering works in Bradford, Yorkshire

The Cock of the North: George, Fifth Duke of Gordon, c1812. Artist: George Sanders
The Cock of the North: George, Fifth Duke of Gordon, c1812. From The Connoisseur Volume 103. [Otto Limited, London, 1939]

Campaign to Chersonesos by Vladimir the Great, 1904. Private Collection

Woman! Learn your letters!, 1923. Artist: Elizaveta Sergeevna Kruglikova
Woman! Learn your letters!, 1923

Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921

Portrait of Charles Devens (1820-1891), Before 1891. Creator: Samuel Montague Fassett
Portrait of Charles Devens (1820-1891), Before 1891

Charles Howard, First Earl of Nottingham, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: H Robinson
Charles Howard, First Earl of Nottingham, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of English statesman and admiral Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624)

Pathfinders - Sir Francis Bacon, after 1731, (1922). Creator: Unknown
Pathfinders - Sir Francis Bacon, after 1731, (1922). Portrait of English philosopher, scientist and statesman Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618

Signing Autographs in the North Country, c1945. Creator: Unknown
Signing Autographs in the North Country, c1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in the north of England

Candidate for Oldham, 1899, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Candidate for Oldham, 1899, (1945). Portrait of British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) who stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate at the June 1899 by-election in

Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill, 23 February 1940, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill, 23 February 1940, (1945). Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)

The Apotheosis of Peters Military Glory, 1717. Artist: Pickaert, Pieter (ca 1670-1737)
The Apotheosis of Peters Military Glory, 1717. Private Collection

Great Musicians - Plate X. c1880, (1895). Artist: F Jenkins Heliog
Great Musicians - Plate X. 1895. Portraits of classical musicians; Wilma Neruda, Lady Halle, (1838-1911), Charles Halle (1819-1895), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Churchill, Brooke, and Montgomery on the German-held east bank of the Rhine, 25th March, 1945. After Operation Plunder, Churchill, Montgomery, and a party of U.S

Sir Robert Peel, British statesman, c1836 (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. I, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, 1782. British soldier and politician, (1919). Artist: Banastre Tarleton
General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, 1782. British soldier and politician. General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet (1754-1833)

Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family, 1909. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family, 1909. Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) was educated in Japan and Britain. He served as prime minister four times between 1885 and 1901

Sir Thomas More, 1527, (1902). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Sir Thomas More, 1527, (1902). Portrait of More (1478-1535) as Henry VIIIs Lord Chancellor. More refused to subscribe to the Act of Supremacy which made Henry the head of the English Church

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, 16th century (c1905). Cecil (1520-1598) was an English politician and the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I

John Stuart Mill, British social reformer and philosopher, 1873. Artist: Spy
John Stuart Mill, British social reformer and philosopher, 1873. An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill (1806-1873) was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

Theodore Teddy Roosevelt, American President, 1901-1909. Roosevelt (1858-1919) became a war hero when he led Roosevelts Roughriders in a famous charge against Spanish positions at the Battle of San

Samuel Chase, 1811. Creator: John Wesley Jarvis
Samuel Chase, 1811

Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, 1804, (1839). Creator: Julien Leopold Boilly
Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, 1804, (1839). Clarke (Henri-Jacques-Guillaume) duc de Fettre, Marechal de France. Portrait of Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818)

Deficiency. - Surplus. 1836. Creator: John Doyle
Deficiency. - Surplus. 1836. Satirical caricature of British politicians Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), Chancellor of the Exchequer, and James Pattison (1786-1849)

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