Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of John Bright, a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. Bright is depicted seated in a dark chair and wearing a dark suit, vest and tie with a white shirt. "Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1870 by Johnson Fry and co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York" is along the bottom edge of the illustration. Bright's signature is depicted beneath and "From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers." is captioned below. The illustration is from volume eight of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Bright, John, 1811 – 1889; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V8_John-Bright_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, John Bright" (1890). Images. 445.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/445