Ellen Terry Asleep

http://preraphaelitepaintings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/ellen-terry-asleep.html

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1867 - Disraeli and Electoral Reform

Oct 1865 - Palmerstone dies

'Stephenson's rocket'

1846 - Russell was PM
Russell served four monarchs

1865 - Russell was once more PM

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw05513/John-Russell-1st-Earl-Russell?LinkID=mp03900&role=sit&rNo=7 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - GF Watts

Ellen Terry ('Choosing') - GF Watts

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06269/Ellen-Terry-Choosing?LinkID=mp04458&role=sit&rNo=0

'This delicate yet sensuous portrait shows the seventeen-year-old Ellen Terry choosing between the camellias, which despite their luscious appearance have little scent, and the violets in her hand which are far humbler in appearance but smell sweeter. The choice, which is symbolic of that between worldly vanities and higher virtues, had a personal significance for the artist and the sitter.'

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Gladstone's ambitions as Chancellor are thwarted by the onset of the Crimean War.

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02535/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=1 - William Ewart Gladstone - Heinrich Müller

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02536/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=5   - William Ewart Gladstone -  George Frederic Watts

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02538/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&role=sit&rNo=14 - Gladstone - Sir John Everett Millais

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02541/William-Ewart-Gladstone?LinkID=mp01789&wPage=1&role=sit&rNo=39 - Alfred Edward Emslie

1854 - Crimean War

1833 - Slavery abolished throughout the Empire

1852 - Gladstone is Chancellor

Disraeli lived at No 11 Downing Street.

Disraeli doesn't give Gladstone the Chancellor's robe.

1809 -  Gladstone was born

1852 - Gladstone destroys the budget speech of Disraeli.