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Richard Cobden

(1804-1865), Politician; MP for several constituencies, manufacturer and free trade campaigner

Early 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.

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The House of Commons, 1860, by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after  John Phillip - NPG D1396

The House of Commons, 1860

by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
NPG D1396

Richard Cobden, by Mason Jackson, after  W. & D. Downey - NPG D33665

Richard Cobden

by Mason Jackson, after W. & D. Downey
wood engraving, published by Illustrated London News 15 April 1865
NPG D33665

Richard Cobden, by Sir George Scharf, after  Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG D2112

Richard Cobden

by Sir George Scharf, after Lowes Cato Dickinson
pencil on tracing paper, 1865
NPG D2112

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Richard Cobden

by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax38683

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Richard Cobden

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x6191

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Richard Cobden

by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, circa 1863
NPG x6188

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Richard Cobden

by Maujean
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s-1900s
NPG x6192

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Richard Cobden

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1863 (10 February 1949)
NPG x95043

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