Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
(1851-1920), Novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist; wife of (Thomas) Humphry WardSitter in 32 portraits
The daughter of Thomas Arnold, Ward took an active interest in social work for London's poor and in women's education. She embodied her views in her novel Robert Elsmere (1888), the sales of which enabled her to establish a charitable 'settlement' for the working classes in London, which pioneered childcare for working women. She married Thomas Humphry Ward of Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1872. She founded the Lectures for Women committee in 1879 and helped establish Somerville College, Oxford, but was opposed to women's suffrage. In 1908, she led the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association, which argued that women were the country's 'moral force', with channels of expression outside the political sphere.
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 1872
NPG P69
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Julian Russell Story
oil on mahogany panel, 1889
NPG 2650
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen print, circa 1889
NPG P1700(3a)
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1886
NPG x96254
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1886
NPG x96256
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1886
NPG x96257
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
sepia carbon print on blue card mount, published 1889
NPG Ax5470
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax14754
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x27266
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by James Thomas Newman
albumen cabinet card, 28 April 1894
NPG x136379
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x136532
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Crowdy & Loud, after Elliott & Fry
photogravure, published 30 November 1901
NPG x13285
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, late 1900s-1910s
NPG x13284
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46018
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46019
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46020
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46021
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46022
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46023
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x46024
Related People
- Matthew Arnold (uncle)
- Thomas Arnold (grandfather)
- Aldous Huxley (nephew)
- Sir Julian Huxley (nephew)
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