Sir Henry Cotton
(1821-1892), JudgeSitter in 10 portraits
Trained in the law, Cotton was called to the Bar in 1846. He quickly built up a large practice in the Equity Courts, and in 1866 was appointed Queen's Counsel. Cotton was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal and a Privy Counsellor in 1877. He had a reputation as the strongest of the Appeal Court Judges of his day.
by George Richmond
chalk, 1875
NPG 4240
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 19 May 1888
NPG 2704
by Robert Boning
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39750
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG Ax17652
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96429
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96430
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5426
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG x6900
Sir Henry Cotton ('Judges. No. 22.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, publihsed in Vanity Fair 19 May 1888
NPG D44386
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