A Woodburytype entitled 'The Right Hon Cowper-Temple' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.

A Woodburytype entitled 'The Right Hon Cowper-Temple' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876.

William Francis Cowper-Temple (1811-1888) was a Liberal MP best known for the amendment, the 'Cowper-Temple clause'. Introduced into the Education Bill of 1870, it ensured religious instruction in state schools was inter-denominational.

This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.