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Harry Taylor

Photograph of Disraeli and Wilberforce engraving among ‘missing’ Parliament art

More than 65 artworks are listed as ‘missing’ since the start of 2024, according to Parliamentary records (PA/Steven Paston) - (PA Archive)

Works of art including of Benjamin Disraeli, and the leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, are among those missing from the Houses of Parliament, it can be revealed.

A portrait photograph of Queen Victoria’s favourite prime minister is one of dozens of artworks which House of Commons authorities are looking for, along with a 19th century engraving print of William Wilberforce.

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