Lot 201
HAMO THORNYCROFT (1850-1925)
BRONZE SCULPTURE OF JOHN BRIGHT, DATED 1891
Auction: 3 April 2019 at 12:00 BST
£1,375
Description
signed to the base HAMO THORNYCROFT/ 1891, with inscription JOHN BRIGHT/ PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR LESLIE COLLIE/ 39 OLD BOND STREET LONDON/ SEPT 10TH 1891, with separate red marble base
Dimensions
35cm high, base 13cm high
Footnote
Note: John Bright (1811-1889) was a Quaker and Liberal Statesman and was Member of Parliament for Durham. Together with Richard Cobden he formed the Anti-Corn Law League and was regarded as one of the greatest orators of his generation. He is famous for coining the phrase "The mother of parliaments" in a speech at Birmingham on 18 January 1865. It was a reference to England and his actual words were: "England is the mother of parliaments"