Antique Portrait Print-Richard Cobden-English statesman-Pound-Mayall-1860

Price: € 67,50

Subject: Antique Portrait Print, untitled. A portrait of the politician Richard Cobden (1804-1865), a prominent English manufacturer, Radical, and Liberal statesman. Cobden was a key figure in the Anti-Corn Law League, which he co-founded in 1838, and a passionate campaigner for free trade. He is often referred to as "the Apostle of Free Trade".

Condition: Good, given age. Ample margins, some foxing and some vague waterstaining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 27.7 x 40 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.9 x 15.7 inch.

Part Number: 76604

Location: MAN-A22-34

Description: From the set "The Drawing-room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages". A portrait of the politician Richard Cobden (1804-1865), a prominent English manufacturer, Radical, and Liberal statesman. Cobden was a key figure in the Anti-Corn Law League, which he co-founded in 1838, and a passionate campaigner for free trade. He is often referred to as "the Apostle of Free Trade".

Artists and engravers:Made by Daniel John Pound after John Jabez Edwin Mayall. Daniel John Pound (+1894) specialised in engraving after photographs. John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901).