Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson
- Artist: J. Beagles & Co
- Date: 1900
- Medium: postcard print
- Dimensions: 4 7/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. (125 mm x 81 mm) image size
- Portrays: Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson
- Museum: The National Portrait Gallery
- Collection record: The National Portrait Gallery website
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About this artwork
In this postcard print you see the dignified figure of Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson, rendered in a small 125 mm × 81 mm image. The black‑and‑white portrait shows him with his classic early‑1900s pose—head tilted slightly, eyes steady, wearing a dark coat and hat that hint at the formal attire of a politician of the era.
The print was published by J. Beagles & Co, a London studio known for its crisp photographic reproductions of portraits in the 1900s.
Carson (1854‑1935) was an Irish lawyer and King's Counsel who led the Unionist MPs at Westminster. He founded the Ulster Volunteer Force and eventually agreed to Home Rule, leaving six counties in Ulster as Northern Ireland after 1921.
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