Portrait of Arthur Balfour is a 1908 portrait painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent of the British politician and former prime minister Arthur Balfour.
[1] Balfour has succeeded his uncle Lord Salisbury as premier, his close connection to him earlier reportedly giving rise to the phrase "Bob's your uncle".
He later went on to serve as Foreign Secretary in the coalition government during the First World War when he issued the Balfour Declaration.
The work was commissioned by the Carlton Club and was shown at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1908.
The work is today in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery on Trafalgar Square in London, having been acquired in 2002.