Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister Size:Large: 7 x 5in King Edward III refuses succour

King Edward III refuses succour to his son at the Battle of Crecy

Johnny Crossan

As the cable is pulled taut

his left hand resting upon a small table upon which is a book

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister Size:Large: 7 x 5in King Edward III refuses succourBenjamin 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. Under his Conservative government, Disraeli extended the British Empire and in 1876 he conferred on Queen Victoria the title Empress of India. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the