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Lowe trained as a barrister, travelling to Australia in 1842 where he played an active role in politics until 1850. Returning to England he became lead writer for 'The Times', entering parliament two years later. He occupied posts in successive governments in the 1850s, distinguishing himself as a speaker in the Reform debates of 1866 and 1867. He became Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1868 to 1873 and then Home Secretary from 1873 to 1874, during Gladstone's first administration. He was raised to the House of Lords as Viscount Sherbrooke in 1880. As an albino he experienced painful sensitivity to light and short-sightedness from childhood; his autobiography deals frankly with the complex effect that visual impairment had on his life.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Robert Lowe (1811–1892), 1st Viscount Sherbrooke

Date

1873

Medium

terracotta

Measurements

H 43.8 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

5106

Acquisition method

purchased, 1976

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

incised and dated

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National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Carlo Pellegrini

1839–1889

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