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| Keywords: Pellegrinifigure.jpg Photograph of a unique statuette in terracotta of Robert Lowe 1st Viscount Sherbrooke 1811-1892 by Carlo Pellegrini at the National Portrait Gallery London As Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1871 Lowe proposed a tax of one half-penny on a box of matches London match-makers took to the streets in protest and Lowe was forced to back down He is shown standing on a match-box which bears the inscription he coined 'Ex luce lucellum' - 'Out of light a little gain ' The figure is dated 1873 en User Jack1956 <br>Photograph originally uploaded to EN Wikipedia as en File Pellegrinifigure jpg by en User Jack1956 7 March 2008 2008-02 photograph Statuette creator Carlo Pellegrini Photographer en User Jack1956 Photograph Statuette PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Lowe Robert Carlo Pellegrini Robert Lowe Viscount Sherbrooke National Portrait Gallery London | ||||
