Richard Cobden
(1804-1865), Politician; MP for several constituencies, manufacturer and free trade campaignerEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 50 portraits
Radical statesman and advocate of free-trade; worked as a clerk and commercial traveller before establishing a successful calico printing business in 1828. Helped found Anti-Corn Law League in 1838, and campaigned tirelessly for the repeal of the Corn Laws; closely associated with John Bright in his free trade principles and in his unpopular opposition to the Crimean War.
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax17735
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax18387
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, circa 1863
NPG Ax7342
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax46268
by Adolphe Paul Auguste Beau
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax9906
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG x6187
by Adolphe Paul Auguste Beau
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x76453
by Adolphe Paul Auguste Beau
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197088
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG Ax16231
Various politicians and others
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
NPG Ax139904
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Charles Allen Duval
stipple engraving, published 1843
NPG D33664
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Charles Allen Duval
stipple engraving, published 1843
NPG D18092
New Version of John Gilpin after Stothard
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
tinted lithograph, published 2 March 1846
NPG D46368
Richard Cobden; Joseph Sturge; John Bright
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 19 April 1856
NPG D9652
John Bright; Richard Cobden; Mr Patterson
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 11 February 1856
NPG D9653
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 9 April 1856
NPG D9683
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 23 April 1856
NPG D9684
Richard Cobden; William Ewart Gladstone; John Bright
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 14 April 1856
NPG D9765
John Bright; Thomas Milner Gibson; Richard Cobden
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 25 February 1856
NPG D9862
Richard Cobden; Joseph Sturge; John Bright
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 28 April 1856
NPG D9958
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