William Cobbett
William Cobbett
William Cobbett

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Born in Lanarkshire, Cobbett served his apprenticeship as a stone mason to a builders in Glasgow. He set up a successful portrait studio in Paisley, then Glasgow, before moving to London in 1835.

Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura

Dumfries

Title

William Cobbett

Date

1843

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 70 x W 54 x D 28 cm

Accession number

DUMFM:1980.86.1

Acquisition method

gift from the Oswald family

Work type

Bust

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