The Queen giving audience to Lord Beaconsfield at Osborne after his return from Berlin bringing 'Peace with Honour'.
Painted by T.B. Wirgman. Engraved by T.L. Atkinson.
London. Published by Messers. Dickinson Publishers by Special Appointment to H.M. the Queen, 114, New Bond Street. w. and Mr. J. Garle Brown. Wymondham, near Leicester, January 3rd 1887. Copyright Registered.
Mixed method engraving on india laid paper, 770 x 870mm. 30¼ x 34¼".
Queen Victoria with Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804 - 1881), Prime Minister and novelist. Through his outstanding abilities as a politician and orator, Disraeli became Prime Minister in 1868 and guided the Second Reform Bill through Parliament. His diplomatic triumphs included the Congress of Berlin (June 13 - July 13, 1878), a meeting of the European Great Powers' and the Ottoman Empire's leading statesmen. In the wake of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78, the meeting's aim was to reorganize the countries of the Balkan peninsula.
[Ref: 8490] £330.00
London. Published by Messers. Dickinson Publishers by Special Appointment to H.M. the Queen, 114, New Bond Street. w. and Mr. J. Garle Brown. Wymondham, near Leicester, January 3rd 1887. Copyright Registered.
Mixed method engraving on india laid paper, 770 x 870mm. 30¼ x 34¼".
Queen Victoria with Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804 - 1881), Prime Minister and novelist. Through his outstanding abilities as a politician and orator, Disraeli became Prime Minister in 1868 and guided the Second Reform Bill through Parliament. His diplomatic triumphs included the Congress of Berlin (June 13 - July 13, 1878), a meeting of the European Great Powers' and the Ottoman Empire's leading statesmen. In the wake of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78, the meeting's aim was to reorganize the countries of the Balkan peninsula.
[Ref: 8490] £330.00