2-356-298 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, English statesman, c1710-1715 (1906). Although the title was never used to refer to him at the time, Walpole (1676-1745) is regarded as Britain's first Prime Minister. His administration lasted from 1721 until he resigned in 1742, longer than that of any Prime Minister since. From the original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. A print from Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, Goupil and Co, London, 1906.