Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Conservative statesman mb-artist Sutton_Nicholls modelled by May Morris

modelled by May Morris

Landscape showing the southerly prospect from the upper part of the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) at Greenwich

The end of the previous year had seen bakers and carpenters withdrawing their labour

Bird's-eye view of Gresham College

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Conservative statesman mb-artist Sutton_Nicholls modelled by May MorrisBenjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Conservative statesman, c1890. Disraeli (1804 1881) was twice Prime Minister of Britain, first in 1868 and then again between 1874 and 1880. Under his Conservative government, the British Empire expanded and in 1876 he conferred on Queen Victoria the title Empress of India. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.