Jacob Rees-Mogg warns review of Parliament's 9,000 works of art must 'not be overwhelmed by WOKEISM' as portraits of ex-PMs Gladstone and Peel face carrying plaques about their links to slavery

  • Parliamentary art collection in Westminster is reviewed by Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art 
  • Jacob Rees-Mogg told Committee we should 'take pride in the history' displayed in Parliament's collection
  • Some 189 of pieces depict 24 people who had ties to the slave trade, while 40 pieces depict 14 abolitionists 
  • Collection features former MPs Sir Robert Peel, William Ewart Gladstone, Henry Dundas and William Beckford
  • Black Lives Matter protests spark calls for statues and paintings of those involved in slave trade to be removed

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A review of Parliament's art collection should not be 'overwhelmed by wokeism', Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.

Former prime ministers including William Gladstone, Robert Peel and Lord Liverpool could soon be accompanied by plaques detailing their links to slavery after a review was prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement. 

More than 230 works of art in the Parliamentary art collection have been found to have links to the transatlantic slave trade, while 189 of the pieces listed in the study by the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art depict 24 people who had ties to the slave trade. Forty pieces depict 14 people who were abolitionists.

Among those listed as having 'financial or family interests in the slave trade' are prime ministers Robert Peel, who served two terms between 1834-35 and 1841-1846, Lord Liverpool, who served from 1812-1827, and William Gladstone, who served as prime minister for 12 years over four terms between 1868 and 1894.

Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art that a review of Parliament's art collection should not be 'overwhelmed by wokeism', and they should 'take pride in the history' displayed through the art

Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art that a review of Parliament's art collection should not be 'overwhelmed by wokeism', and they should 'take pride in the history' displayed through the art

Conservative MP Richard Holden (pictured above in the House of Commons) also questioned whether the parliamentary authorities were 'bending the knee' to a 'woke political agenda'

Conservative MP Richard Holden (pictured above in the House of Commons) also questioned whether the parliamentary authorities were 'bending the knee' to a 'woke political agenda'

The inclusion of all three in the Parliamentary review is likely to stir debate, though, as Peel, the son of a cotton trader, campaigned for the abolition of slavery, while both Lord Liverpool and Gladstone's views evolved over time.  

The art linked to slavery makes up 2.4 per cent of the Parliamentary collection which features more than 9,500 works in total.

On Thursday Conservative MP Joy Morrissey urged the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art not to 'edit, rewrite and impose woke contemporary interpretations of history' on the works of art, many of which date back to the 1840s when the newly rebuilt Palace of Westminster was opened.

The committee, established in 1954, is a cross-party group of MPs, appointed by the Commons Speaker, to advise on the use and management of the Parliamentary Art Collection.

Conservative MP Richard Holden later said the parliamentary authorities were 'bending the knee' to a 'woke political agenda', an apparent reference to the symbol of protest adopted by American sports stars against racism in the US.

Sir Robert Peel
William Beckford

The artwork linked to slavery features former MPs Sir Robert Peel (left) and William Beckford (right) among many others. The first Sir Robert Peel opposed abolition because he saw it as a threat to his fortune in the cotton industry trade. His son (the one pictured, left) was a prime minister of the same name and founded the Metropolitan Police

Henry Dundas
William Ewart Gladstone

Portraits of former MPs Henry Dundas (left), who was instrumental in deferring the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade until 1807, and William Ewart Gladstone (right), whose family had plantations in the Caribbean, feature in the art collection

MPs in Parliamentary art with links to slave trade

Sir Robert Peel MP: The first Sir Robert Peel opposed abolition because he saw it as a threat to his fortune in the cotton industry trade. His son was a prime minister of the same name and founded the Metropolitan Police.

William Ewart Gladstone MP: Liberal politician spoke out against abolition in Parliament because his family had slaves on plantations in the Caribbean

John Gladstone MP (father): Businessman was one of the largest slave owners in the British West Indies and had huge estates in Jamaica and British Guyana

Thomas Gladstone MP (brother): The Tory MP regularly provided his father with intelligence about the political manoeuvrings of abolitionists in Parliament

Henry Dundas MP: The home secretary and war secretary was instrumental in deferring the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade until 1807

William Beckford MP: Owned property in Jamaica including 22,000 acres of sugar plantations and about 3,000 slaves, and formed a powerful pro-slavery lobby

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood: The merchant and his brothers imported slaves from west Africa to work on their plantations in Barbados

George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford: The Whig politician owned 159 slaves in Jamaica but failed in a bid for compensation after slavery was abolished

Edward Ellice MP: The co-owner of eight sugar estates in the West Indies received £35,000 in compensation when his 300 slaves were freed

Henry Goulburn MP: Managed estates in Jamaica through agents because he could not visit due to ill health, and owned 277 slaves at the time of abolition

William Alexander Mackinnon MP: The Tory MP was involved in the in slave trade in Antigua where he is thought to have owned more than 200 slaves

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Mr Holden said: 'We all want to see the very best of Britain showcased in this Parliament and the context of historical pieces.

'However, does (Mr Rees-Mogg) agree with me that at this time of the global coronavirus pandemic, Parliament can do better than following a panicked Labour-led Durham County Council in bending the knee to a woke political agenda?'

Responding during business questions, Mr Rees-Mogg quoted William Shakespeare's Richard II and told the Commons: 'No, we should most certainly not be overwhelmed by wokeism.' 

He added: 'We should take such pride in the history that is displayed through the art in this House.

'It may be a slightly Whiggish view of history, but you go into committee room 10 and there is Alfred the Great defeating the Danes - starting our great island story.

'As you walk from here (the Commons) to the House of Lords, you see on the walls the whole process of the Civil War.

'It is something that we should be proud of, for we are a great nation, a successful nation, one of the greatest nations this world has ever seen.

'And we have done so much good not just at home but abroad, and we should be proud of that and we should recognise that how we have recorded our history, how forefathers have done, is something that we should not dispose of.'

The Oxford English Dictionary website defines the term woke as someone who is 'alert to injustice in society, especially racism' and has gained prominence in recent years, partly due to the Black Lives Matter movement.

The committee said its list of artworks under review relates to the transatlantic slave trade, including works depicting both people who had financial or family interests in the transatlantic slave trade and slavery, as well as artwork featuring abolitionists.

A spokesman said: 'The list has been developed through crosschecking pieces in the collection with rigorous academic research which has identified people known to have been involved in the transatlantic slave trade.

'The list is not comprehensive and the documents will be updated as research continues. Data and resources on the representation of ethnic diversity in the Parliamentary Art Collection has also been gathered.'

The committee also said it is trying to broaden the diversity and inclusion of its collection in line with how museums, art galleries and other large collections have responded to the demonstrations in recent months.

A portrait of Diane Abbott MP by Stuart Pearson Wright
A portrait of Paul Boateng MP by Jonathan Yeo

A portrait of Diane Abbott MP by Stuart Pearson Wright (left) and a portrait of Paul Boateng by Jonathan Yeo (right) are among the portraits of black people on display on the first floor of Portcullis House as part of the contemporary portrait collection

The British became involved in the transatlantic slave trade in 1562, and the country was the world's biggest slave-trading nation by the 1730s.

The abolition movement helped lead to the end of the trade in 1807 and then the use of enslaved labour in British colonies in 1833.

However, many British people including politicians continued to have direct financial gain from the trading and use of enslaved labour in the West Indies, America, India and elsewhere.

The committee has said the intention of the Parliamentary art collection is 'not to venerate people who have supported and committed acts of atrocity, but to truthfully reflect the history of Parliament, our democracy and the people who played a part in it'.

The Black Lives Matter movement was sparked by the killing of black man George Floyd in the US after he was arrested by police and an officer knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.

Protesters in Bristol tore down a statue of Edward Colston on June 7, on the same day a memorial to Winston Churchill in London was defaced with the words 'was a racist' written on a plinth underneath.

It prompted a wave of statues being targeted with graffiti or being attacked during protests, culminating in some statues, including ones of Nelson Mandela and Churchill, being covered up to be protected from vandals.

The central lobby of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster is pictured (file image). More than 230 works of art in the Parliamentary art collection have been found to have links to the transatlantic slave trade

The central lobby of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster is pictured (file image). More than 230 works of art in the Parliamentary art collection have been found to have links to the transatlantic slave trade

The Topple the Racists campaign launched a comprehensive list of statues it wanted to see removed as it believed the names behind the monuments held racist beliefs.

It led to Oriel College at Oxford University voting to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes, a colonialist politician in southern Africa in the 19th century.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in June: 'We cannot now try to edit or censor our past. We cannot pretend to have a different history. The statues in our cities and towns were put up by previous generations.

'They had different perspectives, different understandings of right and wrong. But those statues teach us about our past, with all its faults. To tear them down would be to lie about our history, and impoverish the education of generations to come.'

ARTWORKS AT PARLIAMENT DEPICTING PEOPLE WHO HAD FINANCIAL OR FAMILY INTERESTS IN THE SLAVE TRADE 
DEPICTED  WORK OF ART CODE  ARTIST  TITLE  MEDIUM  YEAR CREATED
Sir Robert Peel MP WOA S602 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown
WOA S622 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown
WOA 86 Dickinson, William Northcote, James Sir Robert Peel Bart. M.P. Print unknown
WOA S569 Unknown Sir Robert Peel MP Ceramic unknown
WOA M0566 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Medal 1837
WOA M0574 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Medal unknown
WOA S608 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Object unknown
WOA S609 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown
WOA 391 Cousins, Samuel Lawrence, Sir Thomas Sir Robert Peel, Bart. 1788-1850 Prime Minister 1834-1835, 1841-1845 and1845-1846 Print 1850
WOA 158 Turner, Mr Charles Lawrence, Sir Thomas Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart. M.P. Print 1841
WOA S566 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown
WOA S568 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Bart Ceramic unknown
WOA S567 Unknown Sir Robert Peel and Cobden- repeal of the Corn Laws Ceramic unknown
WOA 162 Lewis, Frederick Christian Lawrence, Sir Thomas The Right Hon.ble Sir Robert Peel, Bart, M.P. Print 1841
WOA S562 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown
WOA 2201 Gillray, James The Champions of Reform Destroying the Monster of Corruption Print 1831
WOA 6005 Leech, John Punch Punch's monument to Peel Print 1850
WOA 60 Faed, JamesWinterhalter, Franz Xaver The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel Print 1851
WOA 534a ATN Sir Robert Peel Print unknown
WOA 2062 ATN A professor of strong languages Sir Robert Peel Vanity Fair 1870 Print 1870
WOA 6012 Leech, John Punch Russell Following Peel Print unknown
WOA 5170 Doyle, John The Derby Dilly taken in tow by the Patent Safety Peel Lord Derby Print 1835
WOA 5331 Heath, William A Change in the Peel 1830 Print 1830
WOA S617 Wedgwood Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown
WOA 3616 Doyle, John POLITICAL HARMONICS Print 1829
WOA 3604 Doyle, John Sir Robert Peel as a Knight Print 1830
WOA 160 Ward, George RaphaelPickersgill, Henry William Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart.1788-1850 Print 1851
WOA 5327 Macpherson, D. Mr Peel Tours the Rural Districts - Electioneering Sketches 1906 Drawing 1906
WOA 949 Heath, Henry The Great Corn Doctor Operating on John Bull Print unknown
WOA S533 Westmacott, James Sherwood Sir Robert Peel Ceramic 1850
WOA 2066 Essex, William B. Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. 1788-1850 Prime Minister Painting unknown
WOA 3790 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Print unknown
WOA S687 Noble, Mathew Sir Robert Peel Bart Sculpture 1850
WOA S66 Noble, Mathew Sir Robert 2nd Baronet Peel 1788-1850 Prime Minister 1834-5 1841-5 1845-6 Sculpture unknown
WOA 6966 Baxter, George Sir Robert Peel Print unknown
WOA 102 Linnell, John Linnell, John Sir Robert Peel Print 1838
WOA 5288 Unknown, Illustrated London News Leaders of England in 1842 Peel,Wellington, Melbourne, Victoria ... The Illustrated London News 1892 Print 1892
WOA 3110 Unknown Residence of the Late Sir Robert Peel, Bart. Print 1850
WOA 1824 Faed, JamesWinterhalter, Franz Xaver The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel 1844 Print 1844
William Ewart Gladstone MP WOA 6981 Spy William Ewart Gladstone Print unknown
WOA 3455 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review SCENES IN THE LIBERAL UNION No. 3CASUALS AT WORK St. Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA 2051 Spy The People's William (W. E. Gladstone Vanity Fair 1879) Print 1879
WOA 5280 Wyllie, William Morison Hall, Sydney Prior, TheGraphic THE KIEL FETES: MR. GLADSTONE ON BOARD THE 'TANTALLON CASTLE' TheGraphic Print unknown
WOA 2735 Fowler, Sir Robert Nicholas Millais, SirJohn Everett William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Prime Minister Painting unknown
WOA 4082 Dadd, Frank Illustrated London News Gladstone: Sunday Morning at Hawarden Illustrated London News 1880 Print 1880
WOA 3468 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review A DREAM OF THE PILLORY: Or, the RightMan in the Right Place St. Stephen's Review 1887 Print 1887
WOA 4098 Unknown Illustrated London News The Election Campaign: Mr. Gladstone inthe Free Church Assembly Hall at Edinburgh Illustrated London News 1885 Print 1885
WOA 5062 Unknown Illustrated London News Mr. Gladstone in Midlothian Illustrated London News Print unknown
WOA 4088 Unknown Illustrated London News Mr. Gladstone Delivering his Address asLord Rector of the University of Glasgow Illustrated London News 1879 Print 1879
WOA 4094 Unknown Illustrated London News The Election Campaign: Mr. Gladstone at the Albert Hall, Edinburgh Illustrated London News 1885 Print 1885
WOA S673 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Metalwork unknown
WOA S582 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 5010 Unknown Illustrated London News Mr. Gladstone at Birmingham Illustrated London News 1877 Print 1877
WOA 192 Barlow, Thomas Oldham Millais, Sir JohnEverett William Ewart Gladstone Print 1881
WOA S605 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 3459 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEADLION' St. Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA T48 Unknown Tried, Trusted, True Right Hon W. E. Gladstone MP Textile unknown
WOA S620 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 6978 Unknown 'Babble, Birth and Brummagem' Print unknown
WOA M0565 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Medal unknown
WOA M0569 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Medal unknown
WOA S571 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S621 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 3448 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review WAKING' THE HOME RULE BILL St.Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA 5386 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review THE HOME RULE LEAP St. Stephen'sReview Presentation Cartoon 1886 Print unknown
WOA 5387 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review Et Tu, Brute!' St. Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon 1885 Print unknown
WOA 5389 Merry, Tom Hogarth,Mr William St Stephen's Review MARRIAGE A LA MODE NEW SERIESNo.5 St. Stephen's Review 1885 Print unknown
WOA 4132 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review Mr Gladstone and his clerks St Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA S671 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Sculpture unknown
WOA 6152 Illustrated London News Fifty Years of a Statesman's Life, Illustrated London News Print 1883
WOA 5743 Spy The people's William Print 1879
WOA S607 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S624 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S679 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S623 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S574 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S629 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 7007 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Print unknown
WOA S680 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S685 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 3113 Forbes, John Colin William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Prime Minister Print unknown
WOA S539 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S570 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S649 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Metalwork unknown
WOA 3446 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review SHOOTING THE RAPIDS St. Stephen'sReview 1886 Print 1886
WOA 3467 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review A MOONLIGHT FLITTING St. Stephen'sReview 1886 Print 1886
WOA S541 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 374 Sargent, Mr Frederick Key WOA 372. Gladstone introducing the Land Law (Ireland) Bill Printed text unknown
WOA 4189 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review Gladstonians in council or the plan of the campaign St. Stephen's Review 1887 Print 1887
WOA S652 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Metalwork unknown
WOA P238 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Photograph unknown
WOA 3460 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review THE DISGRACE TO THE FAMILY OR, THETRUANT'S RETURN St. Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA 6998 Illustrated London News William Ewart Gladstone and The Mid Lothian Election Print unknown
WOA 3265 Spy 'The Grand Old Man' William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. Vanity Fair 1887 Print 1887
WOA S589 Rancoulet, Ernest William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S578 Sherwin & Cotton Mendelssohn, H William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S626 Bailey, J W William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S603 Middleport Pottery Burgess & Leigh Ltd William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 6962 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Photograph unknown
WOA 6963 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone & Benjamin Disraeli Photograph unknown
WOA 6990 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Photograph unknown
WOA 3108 Walker, William Bradley, W. William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 Prime Minister Print 1845
WOA S604 Middleport Pottery Burgess & Leigh Ltd William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 3457 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review HOPELESS OUTCASTS St. Stephen'sReview 1886 Print 1886
WOA 3463 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review WELL DONE JOHN BRIGHT! St.Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA 4190 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review A barefaced robbery St. Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA 3452 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review MEPHISTOPHELES AND HIS MINIONS St.Stephen's Review 1887 Print 1887
WOA 6938 Von Lenbach, Franz Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone Painting 1886
WOA 6363 Mote, W. H. Severn, Arthur The Rt. Honourable William Ewart Gladstone MP Print unknown
WOA 2247 Sargent, Mr Frederick Mr Gladstone Introducing The Land Law (Ireland) Bill 7th April, 1881 Print 1881
WOA 3687 Thomson, J. Gordon IN STRANGE WATERS Print 1885
WOA 2943 Dickinson, Mr Lowes Cato Foster The Home Rule Debate in House of Lords 1893 Gladstone second bill rejected Marquess of Salisbury speaking Painting unknown
WOA 5843 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review Counting the Chickens before they are hatched St Stephen's Review Print 189
WOA S627 Wyon, Edward William William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA S559 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone and David Lloyd George Ceramic unknown
WOA 3396 Wilson, Thomas Walter Illustrated London News Mr. Gladstone Bringing Forward the Irish Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords, Feb. 13, 1893 Print 1893
WOA 2674 Lauder, Charles James Gladstone Lying-in-State, Westminster Hall 1898 Drawing unknown
WOA 4191 Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review Policy hunting - hounds at fault St. Stephen's Review 1886 Print 1886
WOA 3733 Sargent, Mr Frederick William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Drawing unknown
WOA 3685 Thomson, J. Gordon THE RIVAL BALLOT SINGERS Print 1885
WOA 2890 Wehrschmidt, Daniel Albert Millais, Sir John Everett Gladstone 1809-98 Prime Minister with grandson? Print 1890
WOA 1165 Spy The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone 1854- 1930 Print unknown
WOA 3690 Thomson, J. Gordon 'THE AGREEMENT;' OR, FIGHTING MADE EASY. Print 1885
WOA 3423 Boucher, William Henry Judy Magazine POOR JOHN BULL In his Last New and Popular Character Judy 1872 Print unknown
WOA S236 Woolner, Thomas William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) Sculpture unknown
WOA 6980 Spy 'The People's William' Print unknown
WOA 5377 Tenniel, John Judy Magazine THE TRIUMPH OF GREENWICH Judy orthe London Serio-Comic Journal 1871 Print 1871
WOA 3484 Wirgman, Theodore Blake William Ewart Gladstone Prime Minister Drawing unknown
WOA 7005 Unknown The Aged Reader - William Ewart Gladstone Print unknown
WOA 163 Barlow, Thomas Oldham Millais, Sir JohnEverett William Ewart Gladstone Print 1881
WOA S713 Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar Bust of Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone Object 1880
WOA 1979 Chartran, Theobald Gladstone's Cabinet 1883 including letters and signatures Print 1883
WOA 2057 Spy The Grand Old Man (W. E. Gladstone) Vanity Fair 1887 Print 1887
WOA 2315 Spy The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone Print unknown
WOA 243 Ape Statesmen No. 2 Print 1869
WOA S546 Doulton & Co (Ltd) William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic unknown
WOA 4339 Cleaver, Reginald Thomas I do believe we are approaching to a period ... Gladstone Drawing unknown
WOA 6987 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Print unknown
WOA S226 Unknown Caricature figure of William Ewart Gladstone 1809 - 98 Prime Minister 1868-74 1880 -86 and 1892 Ceramic unknown
WOA 4050 Unknown Meeting of Mr Gladstone and his constituents Arrival of the Hustings at Blackheath 26 October 1871 Drawing unknown
WOA 5554 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Print unknown
WOA 6298 Unknown 3d perspective portrait of Gladstone and Bright Print unknown
WOA M0643 Unknown S. W. Lancashire: Gladstone Medal unknown
WOA 3656 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister Drawing unknown
WOA 2938 Cleaver, Reginald Thomas William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Prime Minister Drawing unknown
WOA 217 Pritchett, Robert Taylor Westminster Hall Drawing 1898
WOA 5354 Low, Sir David WHAT LIBERALS COULD RESIST USNOW? Gladstone Drawing unknown
WOA 3944 Unknown, Illustrated London News The Election Campaign: Mr Gladstone at the Albert Hall, Edinburgh Illustrated London News 1885 Print 1885
WOA 5016 Unknown, Illustrated London News Public Life and Character of Mr. Gladstone (1809-1898) IllustratedLondon News 1880 Print 1880
WOA 5056 Unknown, Illustrated London News Mr. Gladstone in Midlothian scenes Illustrated London News 1879 Print 1879
WOA S39 Pomeroy, Frederick William William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Prime Minister 1868-74 1880-5 1886 1892-4 Sculpture unknown
WOA 4489 Unknown Palmerston in the House of Commons and Gladstone and Salisbury in theHouse of Lords Print unknown
WOA 4160 Dickinson, Mr Lowes Cato Foster Key to The Home Rule Debate in House of Lords 1893 second bill rejected Print 1893
WOA 1163 Harcourt, Lewis William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Photograph unknown
WOA 1412 Dalhean THE RIVAL CLOWNS: WAITING TO GO ON 1880 Print 1880
John Gladstone MP (father) WOA 1165 Spy The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone 1854- 1930 Print unknown
Thomas Gladstone MP (brother) WOA 6311 Hayter, Sir George Sir Thomas Gladstone of Fasque Painting unknown
Henry Dundas MP WOA 4638 Lawrence, Sir Thomas Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville 1742- 1811 Photograph unknown
WOA 1737 Smith, Mr John Reynolds, Sir Joshua Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811 Secretary of State Print unknown
WOA 1813 Young, J. Romney, George Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville 1742- 1811 Print unknown
WOA 2235 Turner, Mr Charles Lawrence, Sir Thomas Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811 Secretary of State Print unknown
WOA 3643 Hoppner, Mr John Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811 Painting unknown
WOA 1475 Turner, Mr Charles Lawrence, Sir Thomas HENRY DUNDAS 1742-1811 M.P. FORMIDLOTHIAN 1st Viscount Melville Print unknown
WOA 584 Unknown Henry Dundas Melville Print unknown
WOA 1790 Young, J. Turnerelli, Peter Lord Viscount Melville Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811 Print 1807
William Beckford MP WOA 2937 Kettle, Tilly William Beckford 1709-70 Lord Mayor Oil painting 1765
WOA 278 Houston, Mr Richard Beckford, Townsend and Sawbridge, 1769 Print unknown
Henry Lascelles2nd Earl of Harewood WOA 1021 Unknown Earl of Harewood Print unknown
George StevensByng, 2nd Earl of Strafford WOA 3848 Gillray, James A HACKNEY MEETING Print 1796
Rt Hon Edward Ellice MP WOA M0636 Unknown Coventry: Ellice and Bulwer Stamped sculpture (token) 1832
WOA M0637 Unknown Coventry: Election rights Stamped sculpture (token) 1835
Rt Hon Henry Goulburn MP WOA 1549 Artlett, R. A. after Richmond, George Henry Goulburn 1784-1856 Chancellor of the Exchequer Print 1851
WilliamAlexander Mackinnon MP WOA 1162 Cruikshank, George JOHN BRIGHT AND W.A. MACKINNON INTHE DEBATES ON FRANCHISE REFORM, JUNE 1860 Painting 1860
PORTRAITS OF BLACK, ASIAN OR OTHER ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE WHO ARE PRINCIPLE SUBJECT - PARLIAMENTARIANS
SUBJECT  WORK OF ART CODE  ARTIST  TITLE  MEDIUM  YEAR CREATED YEAR ACQUIRED
Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree MP, first Asian Conservative MP WOA 7592 Spy Statesmen No. 691: 'North East Bethnal Green' [Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree MP] Print 2017
WOA 6368 Unknown Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree MP,First Asian Conservative MP, 1895- 1906 Photograph 2004 2004
Dr. Dadabhoy Naoroji MP, first Indian MP WOA 1539 Rao, V. R. DR. DADABHOY NAOROJI, M.P. 1892-1895 Painting unknown
Shapurji Saklatvala MP WOA 6369 Unknown Shapurji Saklatvala MP Photograph 2004 2004
Paul Boateng MP, one of the UK's first Black MPs, and the first Black cabinet minister WOA 6483 Yeo, Jonathan Portrait of Paul Boateng MP Painting 2003 2006
Bernie Grant MP,one the UK's first Black MPs WOA 7607 Okafor, Kelvin Portrait of Bernie Grant MP Drawing 2017 2017
Diane Abbott MP,first Black woman to become an MP WOA 6270 Pearson Wright, Stuart Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1987- Painting 2004 2004
Seema Kennedy MP, first MP of Iranian heritage WOA 7637 Fullerton- Batten, Julia Seema Kennedy MP Photograph 2018 2019
Nadhim Zahawi MP WOA 7148 Roberts, Simon Nadhim Zahawi MP, Conservative, Salford Priors, 26 April 2010, Stratford on Avon constituency Photograph 2010 unknown
Baroness Amos, first Black woman to serve as a cabinet minister WOA 6386 Benney, Paul Portrait of Baroness Amos Painting 2004 2004
PORTRAITS OF BLACK, ASIAN OR OTHER ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE WHO ARE PRINCIPLE SUBJECT - OTHERS
SUBJECT  WORK OF ART CODE  ARTIST  TITLE  MEDIUM  YEAR CREATED YEAR ACQUIRED
Olaudah Equiano WOA S758 Symington, Christy OLAUDAH EQUIANO -African,slave, author, abolitionist Sculpture 2006 2019
Nelson Mandela WOA S507 Doubleday, John Nelson Mandela President of the Republic of South Africa Sculpture 1996 unknown
WOA 7467 Noakes, Michael Nelson Mandela's address to the Rhodes Scholars and guests inWestminster Hall Painting 2006 2013
Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin WOA 7631 Corbin, Anita Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, First Woman Chaplain to the Speaker ofthe House of Commons Photograph 2018 2018
PORTRAITS OF BLACK, ASIAN OR OTHER ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT THE PRINCIPLE SUBJECT 
DEPICTED  WORK OF ART CODE  ARTIST  TITLE  MEDIUM  YEAR CREATED YEAR ACQUIRED
Series of portraits of each woman MP in 2018, including26 MPs identifying as part of a minority group. WOA 7667 Various 209 Women Photograph 2018 2020
Baroness Amos WOA 7483 Dant, Adam The Government Stable Drawing 2015 2016
Baroness Benjamin WOA 7668 Ward, Toby Royal Gallery, House of Lords Drawing 2019 2020
Mohammad Sarwar MP WOA 7167 Ferguson, John Liaison Committee Photograph 2010 unknown
Baroness Warsi andLord Alli WOA 6908 Pfeiffer, Desiree Youngest Peers: Baroness Warsi, Lord Redesdale, Lord Alli and Baroness Masham of Ilton Photograph 2007 2008
Baroness Amos WOA 6909 Pfeiffer, Desiree Leaders of the House of Lords: Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Baroness Amos & Baroness Jay ofPaddington Photograph 2008 2008
Lord Morris of Handsworth WOA 6912 Pfeiffer, Desiree Trade Unionist Peers: Lord Jordan, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Lord Morris of Handsworthand Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Photograph 2008 2008
Baroness Young of Hornsey WOA 6921 Pfeiffer, Desiree Baroness D'Souza and Baroness Young of Hornsey Photograph 2008 2008
Lord Adebowale WOA 6914 Pfeiffer, Desiree People's Peers: Baroness Butler- Sloss, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff,Baroness Howard of Breckland, Lord Adebowale, Lord Low of Dalston, Lord Patel of Bradford and Lord Ramsbotham Photograph 2008 2008
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim Jahangir and multiple unidentified courtiers and servants WOA 2598 Rothenstein, William Sir Thomas Roe at the Court of Ajmir 1614 Mural 1925 unknown
Two unidentified sailors WOA 3247 Maclise, Daniel The Death of Nelson Supported byCaptain Hardy on the Victory at Battle of Trafalgar Mural 1866 unknown
Portraits of MPs campaigning across the UK in 2010 election, includes a number of Black, Asian and ethnic minorityparliamentary candidates Various Roberts, Simon Election Project 2010 Photograph 2010 unknown
An unidentified freed enslaved African included in the scene WOA 2967 Maclise, Daniel Spirit of Justice Mural 1849 unknown
Multiple unidentified representatives from India WOA 1927 Illustrated London News George V addressing the Indian Round Table Conference in 1930 Photograph 1930 unknown
SATIRES FEATURING CARICATURES OF BLACK, ASIAN OR OTHER ETHNIC MINORITY FIGURES
DEPICTEDWORK OF ART CODEARTIST TITLE MEDIUM  YEAR CREATED YEAR ACQUIRED
Henri Christophe, King of Haiti and an unidentifiedHaitian. WOA 464 Fairburn, John The Ghost of Christophe Ex-King of Hayti, appearing to the Un-Holy Alliance!! Print 1822 unknown
Robert Wedderburn, Billy Waters and many unidentified Black people. WOA 6596 Cruikshank, George The New Union Club Print 1819 unknown
William, Duke of Clarence represented as a Black man. WOA 6796 Cruikshank, George The Royal Rush Light Print 1821 2008
Several unidentified Blackpeople. WOA 4671 Merry, Tom The Hawardan Wood Block Estate St. Stephen's Review 1888 Print 1888 unknown
Severalunidentified Black people. WAO 4672 Merry, Tom Arrival of the Coloured Cousins St. Stephen's Review 1888 Print 1888 unknown

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