Empress and Earl Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Original is oil on canvas

Original is oil on canvas laid on panel 56x23

Original is oil on canvas 63

'Gossip in the hold'

with horse drawn vehicles and the clock of St Magnus the Martyr in the foreground

Empress and Earl Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Original is oil on canvas'Empress and Earl', 1876. The Conservative Prime Minister, Disraeli, accepts the title of Earl of Beaconsfield from Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. At the beginning of 1876, he had been instrumental in pushing the Royal Titles Bill through parliament, a Bill that gave Victoria the new title of Empress of India. So, one good turn deserved another. Disraeli had previously been offered a title, which he had refused. He had more recently been offered a