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.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6007/8
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and woodburytype
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
