Minister in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Don Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Escolar, José Casado del Alisal

Don Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Escolar, 1884.

José Casado del Alisal (Spanish), oil on canvas

Congress of Deputies of Spain

Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Antoine-Jean Gros

Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal, 1824.

Antoine-Jean Gros (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Léon Gambetta

Portrait de Gambetta (museum title)

Léon Bonnat (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Portrait of Louis Loucheur, Édouard Vuillard

Portrait of Louis Loucheur, 1905.

Portrait de Louis Loucheur (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Ceremony of the political ashes (continued), Grandville

Ceremony of the political ashes (continued), 1833.

Cérémonie des cendres politiques. (Suite) (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Procession to the Altar of Peace, plates 1 and 2, Grandville

Procession to the Altar of Peace, plates 1 and 2, 1831.

Procession à l’Autel de la Paix, Planches 1 et 2 (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Portrait of Hugues Bernard Maret (the Future Duke of Bassano), Minister Secretary of State, Robert Lefèvre

Portrait of Hugues Bernard Maret (the Future Duke of Bassano), Minister Secretary of State, 1807.

Portrait d'Hugues Bernard Maret (futur duc de Bassano)… (museum title)

Robert Lefèvre (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-81), Heinrich von Angeli

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-81), 1877.

Heinrich von Angeli (Austrian), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Delicious Dreams! –Castles in the Air! –Glorious Prospects!, James Gillray

Delicious Dreams! –Castles in the Air! –Glorious Prospects!, 1808.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Doctor Sangrado Curing John Bull of Repletion-With the Kind of Offices of Young Clysterpipe & Little Boney, James Gillray

Doctor Sangrado Curing John Bull of Repletion-With the Kind of Offices of Young Clysterpipe & Little Boney, 1803.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Antwerp beware, Antwerp beware, for we shall bring you down, Grandville

Antwerp beware, Antwerp beware, for we shall bring you down, 1832.

Sopranos. Rondo allegretto con brio An-vers prends garde… (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Procession to the Altar of Peace, plates 3, 4, 5 and 6, Grandville

Procession to the Altar of Peace, plates 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1831.

Procession à l’Autel de la Paix, Planches 3, 4, 5 et 6 (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Mind the skittles, 1830s.

Gare les Quilles (museum title)

Grandville (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Nuptial-Bower; "To the Nuptial-Bower he led her Blushing Like the Morn with the Evil-one, Peeping at the Charms of Eden." (from Milton), James Gillray

The Nuptial-Bower; "To the Nuptial-Bower he led her Blushing Like the Morn with the Evil-one, Peeping at the Charms of Eden." (from Milton), 1797.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Death of the Great Wolf, James Gillray

The Death of the Great Wolf, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

A Sphere, Projecting against a Plane ---, James Gillray

A Sphere, Projecting against a Plane ---, 1792.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The political carnival, burial of liberty, part one, Grandville

The political carnival, burial of liberty, part one, 1831.

Le carnaval politique enterrement de la liberté (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Musée Carnavalet, France

Midas, Transmuting All into Paper, James Gillray

Midas, Transmuting All into Paper, 1797.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Table's Turn'd. Billy, in the Devil's Claws. - Billy, Sending the Devil Packing, James Gillray

The Table's Turn'd. Billy, in the Devil's Claws. - Billy, Sending the Devil Packing, 1797.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread, James Gillray

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

An Excrescence; - Afungus; - Alias - A Toadstool Upon a Dung-Hill, James Gillray

An Excrescence; - Afungus; - Alias - A Toadstool Upon a Dung-Hill, 1791.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Portrait of Emil Stang, 1915.

Portrett av Emil Stang (museum title)

Eilif Peterssen (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Oslo Museum, Norway

Jules Ferry, 1888.

Portrait de Jules Ferry (museum title)

Léon Bonnat (French), oil on canvas

Musée Pierre-Noël, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France

The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;–or–State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper, James Gillray

The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;–or–State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper, 1805.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Physical Aid, or Britannia Recover'd from a Trance!, James Gillray

Physical Aid, or Britannia Recover'd from a Trance!, 1803.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Coercive measures, 1832.

Moyens coercitifs (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

A Patching-Up, 1851.

Un Replatrage (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Giant-Factotum amusing himself, James Gillray

The Giant-Factotum amusing himself, 1797.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Dissolution; or The Alchymist Producing an Aetherial Representation, James Gillray

The Dissolution; or The Alchymist Producing an Aetherial Representation, 1796.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

God Save the King. - In a Bumper. Or - An Evening Scene Three Times a Week at Wimbleton, James Gillray

God Save the King. - In a Bumper. Or - An Evening Scene Three Times a Week at Wimbleton, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Balance of Power, - or - The Posterity of the Immortal Chatham, Turn'd Posture Master, James Gillray

The Balance of Power, - or - The Posterity of the Immortal Chatham, Turn'd Posture Master, 1791.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Napoleon III Handing Baron Haussmann the Decree Annexing the Neighbouring Communes (16 February 1859), Adolphe Yvon

Napoleon III Handing Baron Haussmann the Decree Annexing the Neighbouring Communes (16 February 1859), 1865.

Napoléon III remettant au baron Haussmann le décret… (museum title)

Adolphe Yvon (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet, France

Prince Viktor Kochubey, 1809.

Портрет князя В. П. Кочубея (museum title)

François Gérard (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Uncorking Old Sherry, 1805.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Nursery, with Britannia Reposing in Peace, James Gillray

The Nursery, with Britannia Reposing in Peace, 1802.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Grand Review of the Juste-Milieu Passing La Caricature, October 30, 1832, Grandville

The Grand Review of the Juste-Milieu Passing La Caricature, October 30, 1832, 1832.

The Grand Review of the Juste-Milieu Passing La Caricature… (museum title)

Grandville (French), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The ministry struck down by cholera morbus, Grandville

The ministry struck down by cholera morbus, after 1831.

N°79 Le ministère attaqué du Choléra morbus (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Musée Carnavalet, France

Bank-Notes, Paper-Money, 1797.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Opening of the Budget, 1796.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

John Bull Ground Down, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Honors of the Pantheon, Honoré Daumier

The Honors of the Pantheon, 1834.

Les honneurs du Panthéon (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Count Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy, Paul Delaroche

Count Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy, 1846.

Portrait du comte Narcisse Achille de Salvandy, Grand… (museum title)

Paul Delaroche (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

William (Billy) Hughes, George W. Lambert

William (Billy) Hughes, 1927.

George W. Lambert (Australian), oil on canvas

Parliament House Art Collections, Canberra, Australia

Britannia Between Death and the Doctors, James Gillray

Britannia Between Death and the Doctors, 1804.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Remember, man, that you are dust and to dust you shall return, Grandville

Remember, man, that you are dust and to dust you shall return, 1833.

Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Maison de Balzac, France

Birth of the juste milieu, 1832.

Naissance du juste milieu (museum title)

Grandville (French), lithograph

Musée Carnavalet, France

John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Guardian Angell, James Gillray

John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Guardian Angell, 1799.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Jules Bastide, 1849.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Light Expelling Darkness, - Evaporation of Stygian Exhalations, - or - The Sun of the Constitution, Rising Superior to the Clouds of Opposition, James Gillray

Light Expelling Darkness, - Evaporation of Stygian Exhalations, - or - The Sun of the Constitution, Rising Superior to the Clouds of Opposition, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching and engraving

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis, James Gillray

Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis, 1793.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States