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A unique statuette in terracotta of Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892) bt Carlo Pellegrini. 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.

Photograph taken by me at the National Portrait Gallery in London in February 2008.

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current	15:20, 6 March 2008	600×1,413 (133 KB)	Jack1956 (Talk \| contribs)	(A unique statuette in terracotta of Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892) bt Carlo Pellegrini. 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)