Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Downing Street

John Everett Millais studied at the Royal Academy Schools, where he exhibited his first work at the age of 16. While at the Academy he formed lasting friendships with William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Together they founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 and Millais is now widely considered to have been the most accomplished painter of the group. After distancing himself from the Brotherhood to adopt a more popular style, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1853. From 1860 onwards he produced a succession of works which brought him considerable success and became a fashionable society portraitist. Millais died at the age of 76, just a few months after being appointed President of the Royal Academy.

People

Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Places

Subjects

quill, male portrait, 19th century costume, frock coat, bow tie, wing collar, Earl, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Member of Parliament, Prime Minister, sofa, state interior

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914)
Sir John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896)

Title

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881)

Date

Medium

Mezzotint

Acquisition

Bequeathed by Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, 1908

Provenance

Bequeathed to 10 Downing Street by Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, 1908

GAC number

0/20/37