William Booth (1829-1912), Founder of the Salvation Army
Sitter in 23 portraits
Booth was apprenticed at thirteen to a Nottingham pawnbroker. Having converted to Methodism, he joined a group of revivalists who conducted religious services in the streets of the city. In 1849 he moved to London where he became a pawnbroker's assistant. He devoted his leisure to religion and became a lay preacher. In 1865 he and his wife started the Christian Revival Society, later the Christian Mission, in the East End of London. They held evening and Sunday meetings to offer repentance, salvation and Christian ethics to the poorest and most needy. In 1878 the organisation was reorganised as the Salvation Army, with military titles and uniforms and its own flag and music.
by Unknown artist
Staffordshire bust, circa 1900
NPG 5814
by David N. Ingles
oil on canvas, after 1912
NPG 2042
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1884
NPG x127412
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1884
NPG x82273
by Ernest Herbert ('E.H.') Mills
bromide print
NPG x38282
by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, circa 1891
NPG x87427
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published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
vintage bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x136246
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possibly by Ernest Herbert ('E.H.') Mills, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
vintage postcard print, 1900s
NPG x136276
by (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy), and Katharine Legat (née Edis)
platinum print, 1902
NPG x1166
'General Booth in the Ruins of Martha and Mary's House at Bethany'
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by Unknown photographer
vintage postcard print, 1905
NPG x136277
by Herbert F. Joyce
platinum print, August 1906
NPG x1538
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published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
vintage postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x136275
William Kidston; William Booth; David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George
by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1908
NPG x135014
'City Honours Late General Booth'
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by Ernest Brooks, for Central News Ltd
vintage print, 29 August 1912
NPG x137203
after Ernest Herbert ('E.H.') Mills
photogravure
NPG x9213
by Unknown artist
lithograph, late 19th-early 20th century
NPG D31991
William Booth Birthplace Museum, Sneiton, Nottingham
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