Robert Raikes
(1735-1811), Journalist and promoter of Sunday SchoolsMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
A philanthropist and businessman, Raikes campaigned for prison reform and devoted himself to establishing Sunday Schools. In 1780, he founded the first formal, free Sunday School in Gloucester. As editor and owner of the Gloucester Journal he was able to use his own newspaper to promote the idea that Sunday Schools could prevent juvenile delinquency, religious ignorance and unemployment by teaching children to read and write.
by George Romney
oil on canvas, 1785-1788
NPG 1551
by Unknown artist
lithograph, circa 1780s
NPG D39181
by William Bromley, published by John Sewell, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1 December 1788
NPG D5575
by William Bromley, published by John Sewell, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1 December 1788
NPG D15079
by Unknown artist
token, 1880
NPG D7047
by William Bromley, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1788
NPG D5576
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