Bronze Sculpture – “John Bright” by Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925) British – Published by Arthur Leslie Collie 1891.

A well detailed figural bronze sculpture of John Bright by British artist Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925).  The figure’s base in engraved “John Bright” on the front and on the back of the base is engraved “Published by Arthur Leslie Collie.  39B Old Bond Street London, Sept 10th, 1891”

Hamo Thornycroft (Wikipedia)
Sir William Hamo Thornycroft RA (9 March 1850 – 18 December 1925) was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London’s best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster.  He was a keen student of classical sculpture and was one of the youngest artists to be elected to the Royal Acdemy, in 1882, the same year the bronze cast of Teucer was purchased for the British nation under the auspices of the Chantrey Bequest.

He was a leading figure in the establishment of the New Sculpture movement, which provided a transition between the neoclassical styles of the 19th century and later modernist developments.

John Bright (Wikipedia)
John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.  Bright sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom. He was almost a lone voice in opposing the Crimean War; he also opposed William Ewart Gladstone’s proposed Home Rule for Ireland. He saw himself as a spokesman for the middle class and strongly opposed the privileges of the landed aristocracy. In terms of Ireland, he sought to end the political privileges of Anglicans, disestablished the Churh of Ireland, and began land reform that would turn land over to the Catholic peasants. He coined the phrase “The mother of parliaments.”

Measures:  14 inches tall.