Joseph Brotherton
Samuel William Reynolds Jnr 1794 - 1872
Summary
Portrait of Joseph Brotherton, half-length, seated in an armchair in front of a curtain, directed to right, looking away to left; holding a rolled paper inscribed 'Petition of the Borough of Salford' in his right hand; at right, a table with a book, inkwell and pen. Joseph Brotherton (1783-1857) became a partner in his family firm, a cotton and silk mill in Salford, in 1802. In 1816 he became a nonconformist minister of the Salford Swedenborgian Church. The church required abstention from eating meat or drinking alcohol. He is considered a pioneering vegetarian. From 1815 he was a member of the Little Circle group and he was co-founder of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce in 1820. After the Little Circle group achieved the Reform Act 1832, Brotherton was elected Salford's first MP. Published in 1836
Object Name
Joseph Brotherton
Creators Name
Date Created
1836
accession number
1932.111
Collection Group
Place of creation
United Kingdom
Support
paper
Medium
Mezzotint