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.
replica by Giuseppe Fagnani
oil on canvas, 1865, based on a work of 1860-1861
NPG 201
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1870, based on a work of 1861
NPG 316
Richard Cobden with a small child
by James Russell & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s-1860s
NPG Ax68140
by Eastham & Bassano
salt print, 1859-1860
NPG x134937
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 Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax39795
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax68138
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax68139
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x38990
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x6189
by Unknown photographer
carbon print, circa early 1860s
NPG x8010
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x134612
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x196971
by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax16230
by C.A. Duval & Co (Charles Allen Du Val)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x6190
by C.A. Duval & Co (Charles Allen Du Val)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax16232
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1863
NPG x127422
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