William Jennings Bryan, American politician herringbone 'Luke Fildes'

'Luke Fildes'

The guests raise their glasses to toast the health of the king and queen

This was once the residence of the poet Robert Bloomfield

16th April 1981

Portrait of a young woman in a pale pink dress with lace collar and cuffs

William Jennings Bryan, American politician herringbone 'Luke Fildes'William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 1900. Bryan (1860 1925) was three times the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States. He was defeated in the 1896 and 1900 elections by William McKinley, and in 1908 lost to William Howard Taft. He was appointed Secretary of State in Woodrow Wilson's administration in 1913, but resigned two years later over the President's handling of the sinking of the 'Lusitania'. A print from Black