Author: Coïdé (Adriano Cecioni, July 26, 1836 – May 23, 1886) (Lith.)
Title: Mr John Locke Mp; the Only Man Who Is Ever Known to Make Mr Gladstone Smile. Issue No. 145. (Original Lithograph. )
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches, accompanied by 1 page of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair, 12 August 1871. John Locke (1805 – 28 January 1880) was an English barrister, author and Liberal Party politician. The only son of John Locke, a surveyor of Herne Hill, he was educated at Dulwich College. Reading law at Trinity College, Cambridge, he left with an MA in 1832 and was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1833. Between 1845 and 1857 he was a common pleader of the City of London, and counsel to the Inland Revenue. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark at the general election in April 1857, and held the seat until his death. He was mainly active in causes for the working class and local government, introducing a bill that give witnesses in criminal cases the right to affirm as in civil cases. He died in February 1880 and was buried in the catacombs at West Norwood Cemetery. .
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Title: Mr John Locke Mp; the Only Man Who Is Ever Known to Make Mr Gladstone Smile. Issue No. 145. (Original Lithograph. )
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches, accompanied by 1 page of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair, 12 August 1871. John Locke (1805 – 28 January 1880) was an English barrister, author and Liberal Party politician. The only son of John Locke, a surveyor of Herne Hill, he was educated at Dulwich College. Reading law at Trinity College, Cambridge, he left with an MA in 1832 and was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1833. Between 1845 and 1857 he was a common pleader of the City of London, and counsel to the Inland Revenue. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark at the general election in April 1857, and held the seat until his death. He was mainly active in causes for the working class and local government, introducing a bill that give witnesses in criminal cases the right to affirm as in civil cases. He died in February 1880 and was buried in the catacombs at West Norwood Cemetery. .
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- Book number: 18-3264
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