A Woodburytype entitled 'Sir Henry Cole' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1877. 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 'Sir Henry Cole' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1877.

Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882) was the first director of the South Kensington Museum in London, later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum. A writer and publisher, he founded 'The Journal of Design'.

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.