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
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
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.
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
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
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 (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 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.'
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. | 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 | 1850 | ||
WOA 158 | Turner, Mr Charles Lawrence, Sir Thomas | Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart. M.P. | 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. | 1841 | ||
WOA S562 | Unknown | Sir Robert Peel | Ceramic | unknown | |
WOA 2201 | Gillray, James | The Champions of Reform Destroying the Monster of Corruption | 1831 | ||
WOA 6005 | Leech, John Punch | Punch's monument to Peel | 1850 | ||
WOA 60 | Faed, JamesWinterhalter, Franz Xaver | The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel | 1851 | ||
WOA 534a | ATN | Sir Robert Peel | unknown | ||
WOA 2062 | ATN | A professor of strong languages Sir Robert Peel Vanity Fair 1870 | 1870 | ||
WOA 6012 | Leech, John Punch | Russell Following Peel | unknown | ||
WOA 5170 | Doyle, John | The Derby Dilly taken in tow by the Patent Safety Peel Lord Derby | 1835 | ||
WOA 5331 | Heath, William | A Change in the Peel 1830 | 1830 | ||
WOA S617 | Wedgwood | Sir Robert Peel | Ceramic | unknown | |
WOA 3616 | Doyle, John | POLITICAL HARMONICS | 1829 | ||
WOA 3604 | Doyle, John | Sir Robert Peel as a Knight | 1830 | ||
WOA 160 | Ward, George RaphaelPickersgill, Henry William | Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart.1788-1850 | 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 | 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 | 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 | unknown | ||
WOA 102 | Linnell, John Linnell, John | Sir Robert Peel | 1838 | ||
WOA 5288 | Unknown, Illustrated London News | Leaders of England in 1842 Peel,Wellington, Melbourne, Victoria ... The Illustrated London News 1892 | 1892 | ||
WOA 3110 | Unknown | Residence of the Late Sir Robert Peel, Bart. | 1850 | ||
WOA 1824 | Faed, JamesWinterhalter, Franz Xaver | The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel 1844 | 1844 | ||
William Ewart Gladstone MP | WOA 6981 | Spy | William Ewart Gladstone | unknown | |
WOA 3455 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | SCENES IN THE LIBERAL UNION No. 3CASUALS AT WORK St. Stephen's Review 1886 | 1886 | ||
WOA 2051 | Spy | The People's William (W. E. Gladstone Vanity Fair 1879) | 1879 | ||
WOA 5280 | Wyllie, William Morison Hall, Sydney Prior, TheGraphic | THE KIEL FETES: MR. GLADSTONE ON BOARD THE 'TANTALLON CASTLE' TheGraphic | 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 | 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 | 1887 | ||
WOA 4098 | Unknown Illustrated London News | The Election Campaign: Mr. Gladstone inthe Free Church Assembly Hall at Edinburgh Illustrated London News 1885 | 1885 | ||
WOA 5062 | Unknown Illustrated London News | Mr. Gladstone in Midlothian Illustrated London News | unknown | ||
WOA 4088 | Unknown Illustrated London News | Mr. Gladstone Delivering his Address asLord Rector of the University of Glasgow Illustrated London News 1879 | 1879 | ||
WOA 4094 | Unknown Illustrated London News | The Election Campaign: Mr. Gladstone at the Albert Hall, Edinburgh Illustrated London News 1885 | 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 | 1877 | ||
WOA 192 | Barlow, Thomas Oldham Millais, Sir JohnEverett | William Ewart Gladstone | 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 | 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' | 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 | 1886 | ||
WOA 5386 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | THE HOME RULE LEAP St. Stephen'sReview Presentation Cartoon 1886 | unknown | ||
WOA 5387 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | Et Tu, Brute!' St. Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon 1885 | unknown | ||
WOA 5389 | Merry, Tom Hogarth,Mr William St Stephen's Review | MARRIAGE A LA MODE NEW SERIESNo.5 St. Stephen's Review 1885 | unknown | ||
WOA 4132 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | Mr Gladstone and his clerks St Stephen's Review 1886 | 1886 | ||
WOA S671 | Unknown | William Ewart Gladstone | Sculpture | unknown | |
WOA 6152 | Illustrated London News | Fifty Years of a Statesman's Life, Illustrated London News | 1883 | ||
WOA 5743 | Spy | The people's William | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1886 | ||
WOA 3467 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | A MOONLIGHT FLITTING St. Stephen'sReview 1886 | 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 | 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 | 1886 | ||
WOA 6998 | Illustrated London News | William Ewart Gladstone and The Mid Lothian Election | unknown | ||
WOA 3265 | Spy | 'The Grand Old Man' William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. Vanity Fair 1887 | 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 | 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 | 1886 | ||
WOA 3463 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | WELL DONE JOHN BRIGHT! St.Stephen's Review 1886 | 1886 | ||
WOA 4190 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | A barefaced robbery St. Stephen's Review 1886 | 1886 | ||
WOA 3452 | Merry, Tom St Stephen's Review | MEPHISTOPHELES AND HIS MINIONS St.Stephen's Review 1887 | 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 | unknown | ||
WOA 2247 | Sargent, Mr Frederick | Mr Gladstone Introducing The Land Law (Ireland) Bill 7th April, 1881 | 1881 | ||
WOA 3687 | Thomson, J. Gordon | IN STRANGE WATERS | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1886 | ||
WOA 3733 | Sargent, Mr Frederick | William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 | Drawing | unknown | |
WOA 3685 | Thomson, J. Gordon | THE RIVAL BALLOT SINGERS | 1885 | ||
WOA 2890 | Wehrschmidt, Daniel Albert Millais, Sir John Everett | Gladstone 1809-98 Prime Minister with grandson? | 1890 | ||
WOA 1165 | Spy | The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone 1854- 1930 | unknown | ||
WOA 3690 | Thomson, J. Gordon | 'THE AGREEMENT;' OR, FIGHTING MADE EASY. | 1885 | ||
WOA 3423 | Boucher, William Henry Judy Magazine | POOR JOHN BULL In his Last New and Popular Character Judy 1872 | unknown | ||
WOA S236 | Woolner, Thomas | William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) | Sculpture | unknown | |
WOA 6980 | Spy | 'The People's William' | unknown | ||
WOA 5377 | Tenniel, John Judy Magazine | THE TRIUMPH OF GREENWICH Judy orthe London Serio-Comic Journal 1871 | 1871 | ||
WOA 3484 | Wirgman, Theodore Blake | William Ewart Gladstone Prime Minister | Drawing | unknown | |
WOA 7005 | Unknown | The Aged Reader - William Ewart Gladstone | unknown | ||
WOA 163 | Barlow, Thomas Oldham Millais, Sir JohnEverett | William Ewart Gladstone | 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 | 1883 | ||
WOA 2057 | Spy | The Grand Old Man (W. E. Gladstone) Vanity Fair 1887 | 1887 | ||
WOA 2315 | Spy | The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone | unknown | ||
WOA 243 | Ape | Statesmen No. 2 | 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 | 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 | unknown | ||
WOA 6298 | Unknown | 3d perspective portrait of Gladstone and Bright | 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 | 1885 | ||
WOA 5016 | Unknown, Illustrated London News | Public Life and Character of Mr. Gladstone (1809-1898) IllustratedLondon News 1880 | 1880 | ||
WOA 5056 | Unknown, Illustrated London News | Mr. Gladstone in Midlothian scenes Illustrated London News 1879 | 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 | unknown | ||
WOA 4160 | Dickinson, Mr Lowes Cato Foster | Key to The Home Rule Debate in House of Lords 1893 second bill rejected | 1893 | ||
WOA 1163 | Harcourt, Lewis | William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 | Photograph | unknown | |
WOA 1412 | Dalhean | THE RIVAL CLOWNS: WAITING TO GO ON 1880 | 1880 | ||
John Gladstone MP (father) | WOA 1165 | Spy | The Rt. Hon. Viscount Gladstone 1854- 1930 | 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 | unknown | ||
WOA 1813 | Young, J. Romney, George | Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville 1742- 1811 | unknown | ||
WOA 2235 | Turner, Mr Charles Lawrence, Sir Thomas | Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811 Secretary of State | 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 | unknown | ||
WOA 584 | Unknown | Henry Dundas Melville | unknown | ||
WOA 1790 | Young, J. Turnerelli, Peter | Lord Viscount Melville Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742-1811 | 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 | unknown | ||
Henry Lascelles2nd Earl of Harewood | WOA 1021 | Unknown | Earl of Harewood | unknown | |
George StevensByng, 2nd Earl of Strafford | WOA 3848 | Gillray, James | A HACKNEY MEETING | 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 | 1851 | |
WilliamAlexander Mackinnon MP | WOA 1162 | Cruikshank, George | JOHN BRIGHT AND W.A. MACKINNON INTHE DEBATES ON FRANCHISE REFORM, JUNE 1860 | Painting | 1860 |
SUBJECT | WORK OF ART CODE | ARTIST | TITLE | MEDIUM | YEAR CREATED | YEAR ACQUIRED |
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Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree MP, first Asian Conservative MP | WOA 7592 | Spy | Statesmen No. 691: 'North East Bethnal Green' [Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree MP] | 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 |
SUBJECT | WORK OF ART CODE | ARTIST | TITLE | MEDIUM | YEAR CREATED | YEAR ACQUIRED |
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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 |
DEPICTED | WORK OF ART CODE | ARTIST | TITLE | MEDIUM | YEAR CREATED | YEAR ACQUIRED |
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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 |
DEPICTED | WORK OF ART CODE | ARTIST | 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!! | 1822 | unknown | |
Robert Wedderburn, Billy Waters and many unidentified Black people. | WOA 6596 | Cruikshank, George | The New Union Club | 1819 | unknown | |
William, Duke of Clarence represented as a Black man. | WOA 6796 | Cruikshank, George | The Royal Rush Light | 1821 | 2008 | |
Several unidentified Blackpeople. | WOA 4671 | Merry, Tom | The Hawardan Wood Block Estate St. Stephen's Review 1888 | 1888 | unknown | |
Severalunidentified Black people. | WAO 4672 | Merry, Tom | Arrival of the Coloured Cousins St. Stephen's Review 1888 | 1888 | unknown |
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