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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor

Sitter associated with 234 portraits
Brougham, a radical Whig lawyer and MP, tirelessly campaigned for the advancement of education and reform. In 1810, he eventually entered Parliament as a Whig and immediately promoted legislation against slave trading. He won popular renown for his spirited defence of Queen Caroline at her 'trial' (1820). As Lord Chancellor (1830-4) he played a leading part in drafting and promoting the Reform Bill (1832) with Lord Grey. Brougham co-founded the Whig periodical the Edinburgh Review (1802) with Sydney Smith. He helped establish the London Mechanics Institutes (1824), the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1826), and the non-denominational University College London (1828).

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D32206

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by D.J. Pound, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, 1850s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by D.J. Pound, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, 1850s
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D32208

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Unknown artist
wood engraving, 1868
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, circa 1869
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published August 1857
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 7 March 1857
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux with his nephew

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
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D41584

Breaking up for the Vacation

by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 August 1840
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D41603

Stothard's admired picture of "The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon". Somewhat Metamorphosed!

by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, after Thomas Stothard
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
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D41605

Nicholas Nickleby's Introduction to Squeers!

by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 25 February 1841
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Category
Law and Crime
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Holland House set
Regency popular and periodical press
Regency rebels, radicals and reformers
Regency Whigs
The Peninsular Wars and Waterloo portraits
Place
Edinburgh