Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
William Johnson Fox (1786-1864), Religious and political orator, journalist and Liberal politician; MP for Oldham
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Preacher, politician and author; attained celebrity at South Place Chapel, specially built for him, 1824; co-editor of the Monthly Repository; disowned by the Unitarians because of his separation from his wife and the independence of his views; continued in vogue as a preacher; contributed to various newspapers; radical MP, 1847-63; published popular lectures.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.