Michael Costa, by "Lyall" - Published in Vanity Fair, 6 July 1872

He was an Italian-born conductor and composer who achieved success in England.

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Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, by Adriano Cecioni - Published in Vanity Fair, 6 January 1872

He was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic.

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Alfred Tennyson, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 22 July 1871

He was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign.

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Sir Francis Grant, by Carlo Pellegrini - Published in Vanity Fair, 29 April 1871

He was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as President of the Royal Academy.

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George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 1 April 1871

He was an English aristocrat and Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family. He was chairman of the Canterbury Association, which encouraged British settlers to move to New Zealand.

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The Rt Hon GW Hunt, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 11 March 1871

Known in later life as 'Jingo' Hunt, he was an English writer of music hall songs, best known for "MacDermott's War Song" also known as the "Jingo Song".

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Baron de Brunnow, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 3 December 1870

Ernst Philipp Graff von Brunnow was a Baltic German diplomat who served in the Russian Empire.

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Lord Houghton, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 3 September 1870

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, was an English poet, patron of literature and a politician who strongly supported social justice.

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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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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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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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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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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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The Marquis of Salisbury, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 10 July 1869

He was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister 3 times for a total of over 13 years. He avoided alignments or alliances, maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation"

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The Bishop of Peterborough, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 3 July 1869

He was an Irish clergyman of the Anglican church, Bishop of Peterborough 1868–1891 and Archbishop of York for a short period in 1891.

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The Earl Grey, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 8 May 1869

Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman.

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