Empress and Earl Size:XS: 20 x 15cm View of an ornate fireplace

View of an ornate fireplace at east end of the banqueting hall in Ironmongers' Hall

Original is oil on canvas 63

Nobby Stiles

The title of 'The Queen's Nursery' possibly refers to a school for young actors established on the site in 1664

25th March 1922

Empress and Earl Size:XS: 20 x 15cm View of an ornate fireplace'Empress and Earl', 1876. The Conservative Prime Minister, Disraeli, accepts the title of Earl of Beaconsfield from Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. At the beginning of 1876, he had been instrumental in pushing the Royal Titles Bill through parliament, a Bill that gave Victoria the new title of Empress of India. So, one good turn deserved another. Disraeli had previously been offered a title, which he had refused. He had more recently been offered a