Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), Politician and political economist
Sitter in 22 portraits
In 1858 a shooting accident left Fawcett completely and permanently blind. He abandoned his legal practice and decided instead to pursue a political career from an academic base. He wrote a Manual of Political Economy that was published in 1863 and later that year was appointed Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. In 1865, he was the first blind man ever to be elected to parliament. A Liberal, he was known as an independent backbencher, criticising Gladstone's administration as being insufficiently radical. Fawcett advanced the cause of blind people by advocating a royal commission on the blind, which was established shortly after his death.
Henry Fawcett; Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Ford Madox Brown
oil on canvas, 1872
On display at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1603
by Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
plaster cast of bust, circa late 1870s-1884
NPG 1418
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax18294
by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x15091
by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x15092
by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8630
possibly by John Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax21838
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x17107
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x17108
by Lombardi & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax8631
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873
NPG Ax28468
by Barraud & Jerrard
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1870s
NPG x3681
by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, mid-late 1880s (circa 1873)
NPG x135103
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG x28144
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x11887
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x11888
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1883
NPG x11889
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96395
by Joseph Brown, after Unknown photographer
stipple engraving, 1855
NPG D2333
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG Ax17490
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