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[Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P.]
John Everett Millais. Thos Oldham Barlow [Pencil signatures.]
Published March 1st 1882, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool & Manchester, Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, Printsellers' blindstamp. Limited to 500. 420 x 570mm (16½ x 22½"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Radical politician John Bright (1811-89), one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, he campaigned for an end to social, political, or religious inequalities between individuals and between peoples. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests.
Printsellers: 38. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4240] £330.00
Published March 1st 1882, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool & Manchester, Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, Printsellers' blindstamp. Limited to 500. 420 x 570mm (16½ x 22½"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Radical politician John Bright (1811-89), one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, he campaigned for an end to social, political, or religious inequalities between individuals and between peoples. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests.
Printsellers: 38. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4240] £330.00