Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons parish View of Vauxhall Bridge with

View of Vauxhall Bridge with a steamboat on the Thames

Louis Napoleon unveils a crude statue of his cousin Plon-Plon and introduces him as the representative of 'Italian Liberty'

after burning for two days and nights

View of Greenwich Park and the Royal Greenwich Observatory from Park Row

Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons parish View of Vauxhall Bridge withDisraeli's first speech in the House of Commons, London, 7 December 1837 (1901). Disraeli (1804 1881) was elected Tory MP for Maidstone in 1837. He went on to become one of the foremost British statesman of the Victorian era, serving as Prime Minister in 1868 and from 1874 1880. From The Illustrated London News, 1901.