John Bright (1811–1889)

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One of the most important and influential political figures of the age. Bright managed his family's cotton mills before entering public life in the 1830s. A radical orator and Liberal politician, he led the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws with Richard Cobden and was instrumental in the Cobden to Chevalier Treaty in 1860. He sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom, and was one of the most important and influential political figures of the age. A close friend of Rupert Potter, Beatrix Potter often recalled her father and Bright's conversations in her journals and he visited the Potters during their Scottish holidays.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

John Bright (1811–1889)

Date

1881

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 71.1 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

868

Acquisition method

purchased, 1891

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised and dated

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