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[WILBERFORCE
(Samuel, 1805-1873, Bishop of Oxford, 1845, and Winchester, 1869, 'Soapy Sam')
Fine Large Unsigned Portrait Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall,
showing him seated nearly full length, nearly in profile and half turned to the viewer's right, with a thoughtful, even anxious look, his left arm over the back of his chair, in day dress,
with the letterpress account of his life to date
, talking of his early career, his royal appointments and his founding of Cuddesdon theological college, with an interesting example of his style in the Lords, defending the Church's right to a revival of synodical government both as inherited from the Apostles and as a vent for easing party strife, 8½" x 6¾" in margins 15¾" x 11¾", from the
Illustrated News of the World
, together 6 sides (three blank) 15¾" x 11¾", [London], no date, circa
neatly disbound
He was one of the greatest public speakers of his day (remembered for his opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution), born in London
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
66243
£75
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