John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, by Carlo Pellegrini - Published in Vanity Fair, 2 July 1870

Known as the Red Earl because of his distinctive long red beard, he was a British Liberal Party politician under, and close friend of, British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.

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EH Knatchbull-Hugessen MP., by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 11 June 1870

He was a British Liberal and later Conservative politician. In a letter of 1971, J. R. R. Tolkien recalled that, as a small child, his bedtime reading was the fairy stories of Knatchbull-Hugessen.

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William Vernon Harcourt, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 4 June 1870

He was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition.

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Sir Joseph Hawley, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 21 May 1870

He was a noted English thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.

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Prince Teck, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 14 May 1870

He was an Austrian-born nobleman who married into the British royal family. He was the father of Queen Mary, and thus a great-grandfather of the previous British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

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Admiral Henry John Rous, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 7 May 1870

He was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who served during the Napoleonic Wars, and was later a Member of Parliament and a leading figure in horse racing.

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Sir John Coleridge, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 30 April 1870

Lawyer, judge and Liberal politician, he held the posts of Solicitor General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England.

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Tsuchiya Kōitsu (土屋光逸, 1870-1949)

「天の橋立」
Amanohashidate in Snow (Amanohashidate)

Shôwa era
first half of 20th century

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Lord Dufferin, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 9 April 1870

Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood was a British public servant. In his youth he was a popular figure in the court of Queen Victoria, and published a best-selling account of his travels in the North Atlantic.

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Frederick Pollock, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 2 April 1870

He was a British lawyer and Tory politician. He contributed a number of papers in mathematics to the Royal Society, including one on what is now known as the Pollock's conjecture.

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The Duke of Richmond, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 26 March 1870

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox was a British Conservative politician.

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Sir Robert Peel, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 19 March 1870

He was a British Peelite, Liberal and from 1884 until 1886 Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

The Peelites were a breakaway dissident political faction of the Conservatives from 1846 to 1859.

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Evelyn Denison, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 12 March 1870

He was a British statesman who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1872. He is the eponym of Speaker Denison's rule.

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Marquess Townshend, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 26 February 1870

John Townshend was a Liberal British peer. He introduced a bill making it unlawful for anyone but a parent to box a child's ears, & to permit no corporeal punishment of children except for flogging.

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Robert Porrett Collier, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 19 February 1870

He was an English lawyer, politician and judge. He was also a keen painter.

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John Pakington, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 12 February 1870

He was a British Conservative politician. He was also President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1861 to 1863 and Chief Civil Service Commissioner from 1875 until his death.

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Lord Chelmsford, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 5 February 1870

Frederic Thesiger was a British jurist and Conservative politician. He was twice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

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Pope Pius IX, by James Tissot - Vanity Fair, 1 January 1870

He was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign.

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