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John Bright, by Frederick Sargent, 1860s or 1870s? -NPG 3808 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

John Bright

by Frederick Sargent
1860s or 1870s?
8 in. x 5 in. (203 mm x 127 mm)
NPG 3808

Inscriptionback to top

Autograph in the sitter's hand (lower right): John Bright

This portraitback to top

One of a hundred and sixteen drawings acquired by J. A. Tooth, almost all of members of the House of Lords. This drawing of Bright is one of the few exceptions. It is presumably related to one of Sargent's many paintings of the House of Commons.

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Sir Thomas Thornhill; J. A. Tooth's Galleries, purchased from them, 1951.


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.

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