Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), Novelist, Church of England clergyman and controversialist
Sitter in 40 portraits
Novelist and divine; ordained, 1842, and soon became associated with Christian Socialist movement; published tracts and novels, including Yeast, 1848, and Alton Lock, 1850, promoting Christian Socialism; appointed Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1860, and published The Water Babies, 1863. Often the centre of controversy, Kingsley nevertheless gained both public and royal approval in his later years.
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1862
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Adriano Cecioni
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 March 1872
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by William S. Hunt, after a photograph by Unknown photographer
pen and ink, (circa 1874)
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by Thomas Woolner
plaster cast of bust, 1875
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by Cundall, Downes & Co, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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printed by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, early 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
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by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
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printed by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1875 (1860s)
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by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Robert White Thrupp
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
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by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
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by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, mid-late 1870s (circa 1866)
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1880s or after (circa 1866)
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1866
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by Elliott & Fry, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1866
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1866
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
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by Robert White Thrupp
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
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by Frank Mason Good
albumen print mounted on card, circa 1870
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by George Watmough Webster & Son
albumen carte-de-visite, oval, mid 1870s
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by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
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after Lowes Cato Dickinson
etching, 1860s?
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by D.J. Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, published 1861
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by D.J. Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, published 1861
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by Charles Henry Jeens, published by Macmillan & Co
stipple and line engraving, published 1876
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by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
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Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Religion and Belief
Groups
Children's writers and illustrators
Ministers and preachers
Novelists and authors
Place
Devon
