John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician mb-artistname Johannes Stradanus early 19th century

early 19th century

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer

Evelyn (1870-1945)

Group of Paraguayan women

Ulysses (Odysseus) encounters Nausicaa

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician mb-artistname Johannes Stradanus early 19th centuryJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician, c1890. Russell (1792 1878) was known as Lord John Russell until 1861 when he was created Earl. He served two terms as Prime Minister, 1846 1852 and 1865 1866. He was the grandfather of the mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.