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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield (1859-1947), Social reformer and politician

Sitter associated with 87 portraits
Political and social reformer; Labour MP for Seaham (1922-9) and President of the Board of Trade (1924); with his wife Beatrice founded the London School of Economics and Political Science (1895) and the New Statesman (1913); shown signalling 'the inevitability of gradualness' marking the advance of socialism.

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5937

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Frank Reynolds
pen and ink, circa 1909
NPG 5937

2068

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Lilian Mary Mayer
watercolour on ivory, early 1920s
NPG 2068

5027

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Winifred Cécile Dongworth
watercolour on ivory, 1920-1930
NPG 5027

P1292(40)

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920s
NPG P1292(40)

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