mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Choose a picture from our collection for your Wall Art and Photo Gifts
144 Items
Major John Rouse Merriott Chard, VC, 1881. Chard (1847-1897), then a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, commanded the British defenders at Rorkes Drift, South Africa, in January 1879
Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary, 1880. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldRichard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary, 1880
Sir William Withey Gull, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir William Withey Gull, 1878. Gull became physician and lecturer to Guys Hospital in 1856. He resigned due to increased practice in 1867, but remained a consulting physician to the hospital
Rear-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wright Hewett, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldRear-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wright Hewett, 1882. Hewett (1834-1888) entered the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1847
Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, 1880. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldProfessor Thomas Henry Huxley, 1880. Between the years 1847-1850 he was the assistant surgeon aboard HMS Rattlesnake off the eastern and northern coasts of Australia
Portrait of a Reverend, early 20th century
Portrait of a bearded man, early 20th century
Portrait of an old man with a beard, early 20th century
Sir Charles Edward Pollock, British judge, 1881. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir Charles Edward Pollock, Senior Baron of the Exchequer Division and judge, 1881
Sir Theodore Martin, author and translator, 1881. Martin (1816-1909) wrote, at Queen Victorias request, a biography of the life of Albert, Prince Consort, which he completed in 1880
Right Reverend Anthony Wilson Thorold, Bishop of Rochester, 1881. Thorold (1825-1895) was Bishop of Rochester 1877-1891, then Bishop of Winchester 1891-1895
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, politician and statesman, 1881. Stanley (1826-1893) first entered parliament in 1848 as a Conservative member for Kings Lynn
Alfred Elmore, artist and Royal Academician, 1881. Elmore (1815-1881), first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1834, when aged only 19
Sir Henry Cotton, Lord Justice of Appeal, 1881. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir Henry Cotton, Lord Justice of Appeal, 1881. Portrait of Sir Henry Cotton (1821-1892), British knight and judge
The Right Hon William Henry Smith, MP, 1881The Right Hon William William Henry Smith, MP, 1881. Portrait of the English newsagent and politician William William Henry Smith (1792-1865)
George Alexander MacFarren, composer, 1881. MacFarren (1813-1887) was Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, Professor of Music at Cambridge University and conductor at Covent Garden
Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881
Joseph Chamberlain, MP, President of the Board of Trade, 1881
Hormuzd Rassam, explorer and archaeologist, 1881. Rassam (1826-1910) was born in Mosul, in modern Iraq
Sir Edward Fry, Judge of the High Court of Justice, 1881. Fry (1827-1918) was made a High Court Judge in 1877
Gathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook, politician and statesman, 1881. Hardy (1814-1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, artist and Royal Academician, 1881. Dutch-born painter Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) moved to London in 1870
Tom Taylor, dramatist and critic, 1881. Taylor (1817-1880) was a popular Victorian playwright who wrote some 70 plays in all
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, MP, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1881. Dilke (1843-1911) was a radical Liberal politician who served as MP for Chelsea between 1866 and 1886
Joseph Cowen, MP, 1881. Cowen, the son of a Newcaste-upon-Tyne mine owner, was elected to Parliament as a Liberal in 1874
William Charles Thomas Dobson, artist and Royal Academician, 1881
The Reverend Henry Parry Liddon, Canon of St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1881. Liddon (1829-1890) was appointed Canon of St Pauls in 1870
Sir Robert Lush, Judge of the High Court of Justice, 1881
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Director of Royal Gardens at Kew, 1881
Vicat Cole, landscape painter, 1881. Cole (1833-1893) was an important landscape painter of the mid 19th century who specialised in naturalistic English landscape scenes
Sir George Jessel, Master of the Rolls, 1881. Jessel (1824-1883) was called to the bar at Lincolns Inn in 1847
Sir Julius Benedict, musical composer and conductor, 1881. Born in Stuttgart, Benedict (1804-1885) came to London in 1835
Sir Henry Charles Lopes, Judge of the High Court of Justice, 1881
William Harrison Ainsworth, author, 1881. Ainsworth (1805-1882) was a prolific writer of historical romantic fiction
Duke of Malborough, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1881. John Winston Spencer Churchill (1822-1883), 7th Duke of Marlborough, served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1876 until 1880
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, politician and statesman, 1881. Born in Ireland, Cairns (1810-1885) entered Parliament as a member for Belfast in 1852
John Arthur Roebuck, MP, 1881John Arthur John Arthur Roebuck, MP, 1881. John Arthur Roebuck (1801-1879) served as an MP for Bath and Sheffield
William Hepworth Dixon, historian and traveller, 1881
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, knight, civil servant and financier, c 1880
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister, 1881. Disraeli (1804-1881) was twice Prime Minister of Britain, first in 1868 and then again between 1874 and 1880
Charles Darwin, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldCharles Darwin, 1878. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas
Robert Lowe, MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldRobert Lowe, MP, 1878
Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy, 1878
Commander Verney Lovett Cameron, explorer, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldCommander Verney Lovett Cameron, explorer, 1878
James Atlay, Bishop of Hereford, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldJames Atlay, Bishop of Hereford, 1878. James Atlay became Bishop of Hereford in 1868, after having previously been vicar of Leeds
John Stainer, organist of St Pauls Cathedral, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldJohn Stainer, organist of St Pauls Cathedral, 1878
Andrew Clark, Senior Physician to the London Hospital, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldAndrew Clark, Senior Physician to the London Hospital, 1878. Clark served as physician to the London Hospital from 1866 to 1886
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldHugh Culling Eardley Childers, 1878
Charles Old Goodford, Provost of Eton College, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldCharles Old Goodford, Provost of Eton College, 1878. Goodford became an assistant master at Eton, his former school, in 1835 when still a Cambridge undergraduate
William Calder Marshall, sculptor, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldWilliam Calder Marshall, sculptor, 1878. Calder was a prolific sculptor, producing poetic and ideal works in the Classical style, as well as memorial statues
Lord Napier of Magdala, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldLord Napier of Magdala, 1878. Napier was commissioned in the Bengal engineers in 1826
George Edmund Street, architect, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldGeorge Edmund Street, architect, 1878. After serving as an apprentice to GG Scott, Street set up his own practice in 1848
Frederick Max Muller, Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University, 1878. He prepared the first edition of the Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans, the Sanskrit Rig-Veda between 1849 and 1974
Richard Owen, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldRichard Owen, 1878. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology
Henry Tamworth Wells, portrait-painter, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldHenry Tamworth Wells, portrait-painter, 1878. After the death of Ross and the retirement of Thorburn, Wells became the most important miniature painter of his time
Goldwin Smith, Professor, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldGoldwin Smith, Professor, 1878. In 1858 Smith was appointed to the Regius Professorship of Modern History at Oxford
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, admiral, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir Francis Leopold McClintock, admiral, 1878. In 1879 McClintock was appointed commander in chief on the North America and West Indies station. This was his last active service
George Sclater-Booth MP, President of Local Government Board, 1878. While a Conservative member of parliament, Sclater-Booth was Secretary to the Poor Law Board
Thomas Webster, painter, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldThomas Webster, painter, 1878. In 1825 Webster exhibited Rebels shooting a Prisoner, the first painting of schoolboy life by which he won his reputation
James Fraser, Bishop of Manchester, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldJames Fraser, Bishop of Manchester, 1878
John Scott Russell, civil engineer and naval architect, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldJohn Scott Russell, civil engineer and naval architect, 1878
Viscount Sandon, MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldViscount Sandon, MP, 1878. In 1856 Sandon was elected MP for Lichfield. He took an active role in the public business of the House of Commons. In 1878 he became the President of the Board of Trade
Frederick Goodall, painter, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldFrederick Goodall, painter, 1878
Edward Matthew Ward, historical painter, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldEdward Matthew Ward, historical painter, 1878. His paintings were mainly about the English history of the 17th century and the French history of the period of the revolution and the first empire
Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldAlfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff, 1878. He became the Bishop of Llandaff in 1849
Viscount Cardwell, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldViscount Cardwell, 1878. Edward Cardwell entered parliament as a Conservative MP. He later became Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Secretary of State for War
Joseph Durham, sculptor, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldJoseph Durham, sculptor, 1878. Durham was first noticed when his bust of Jenny Lind was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1848
William Edward Forster MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldWilliam Edward Forster MP, 1878. Forster was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament
Sir Richard Airey, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir Richard Airey, 1878
Sir Stephen Cave, MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir Stephen Cave, MP, 1878. In 1859 he entered parliament as a Conservative MP for Shoreham. Cave was also a director of the Bank of England
Sir Richard Redgrave, landscape painter, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldRichard Redgrave, landscape painter, 1878
Lord John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldLord John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, 1878. Manners was also a Conservative MP for Newark
Sir George Strong Nares, Arctic explorer, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldSir George Strong Nares, Arctic explorer, 1878
Anthony Trollope, writer, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldAnthony Trollope, writer, 1878. Trollope was one of the greatest Victorian novelists. He gained his reputation through a series of novels set in the fictional county of Barsetshire
William Thomson, Archbishop of York, 1878. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldWilliam Thomson, Archbishop of York, 1878. Before he graduated from the Queens College, Oxford, he had practically completed a treatise called, Outlines of the Laws of Thought, published in 1842
Frederick Richard Pickersgill, artist and Royal Academician, 1882
Hobart Pasha, Marshal of the Ottoman Empire, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldHobart Pasha, Marshal of the Ottoman Empire, 1882. The third son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1822-1886) served in the Royal Navy from 1835-1862
Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, statesman, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldHenry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, statesman, 1882. A lawyer, Henry Austin Bruce (1815-1895) entered politics, being elected Liberal MP for Merthyr Tydfil in 1854
Marcus Stone, artist and Associate of the Royal Academy, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldMarcus Stone, artist and Associate of the Royal Academy, 1882
William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-Law, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldWilliam Ballantine, Serjeant-at-Law, 1882. Ballantine (1812-1887) became a Serjeant-at-Law in 1856
Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldLeon Gambetta, French statesman, 1882. A Republican politician, Gambetta (1838-1882), was an opponent of the French Second Empire
John Callcott Horsley, artist and Royal Academician, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldJohn Callcott Horsley, artist and Royal Academician, 1882
Reverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester, 1882. Artist: Lock & WhitfieldReverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester, 1882. Howson (1816-1885) was a prominent biblical scolar and archaeologist