John Bright
(1811-1889), Statesman and oratorEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 98 portraits
One of the most important and influential political figures of the age. Bright managed his family's cotton mills before entering public life in the 1830s. A radical orator and Liberal politician, he led the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws with Richard Cobden and was instrumental in the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty (1860). He sat in the House of Commons from 1843-89, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom, and was one of the most important and influential political figures of the age. A close friend of Rupert Potter, Beatrix Potter often recalled her father and Bright's conversations in her journals and he visited the Potters during their Scottish holidays.
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1860s or 1870s?
NPG 3808
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869-1874
NPG 5116
by Walter William Ouless
oil on canvas, 1879
NPG 817
by Rupert Potter
carbon print, September 1879
NPG P862
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3345
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1881
NPG 868
The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
oil on canvas, published in Vanity Fair Christmas Supplement 1886
NPG 5256
Charles Bradlaugh; John Bright
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1887
NPG 2332
William Henry Smith; John Bright
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
NPG 2322
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink
NPG 6251(8)
by Joseph Whitlock
albumen print, circa mid 1850s
NPG Ax7335
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x46994
John Bright; Richard Cobden; Michel Chevalier
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x4325
John Bright; Richard Cobden; Michel Chevalier
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x6193
John Bright; Richard Cobden; Michel Chevalier
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x4326
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8538
Carte-de-visite photomontage featuring John Russell, John Bright and others..
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, 1860s
NPG x4330
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x134612
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x4316
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x4317
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