Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
(1801-1885), Philanthropist, social reformer and Conservative politician; MP for Woodstock, Dorchester, Dorset and BathEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 40 portraits
Philanthropist and reformer, Shaftesbury led the movement for improving conditions in factories and collieries and, in the 1840s, argued for legislation to protect apprentice chimney-sweeps or 'climbing boys'. To the end of his life, he worked for a great variety of causes which highlighted the sufferings of the underprivileged and helped to implement the concept of social welfare. His memorial was erected in Piccadilly Circus in 1893. Commonly known as 'Eros', the figure that crowns the monument actually represents 'The Angel of Christian Charity'.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 1012
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1870s
NPG 1834(cc)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1875
NPG 862
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by John Collier
oil on canvas, 1877
NPG 1728
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink
NPG 6251(56)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
probably by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, mid-late 1850s
NPG Ax7307
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17750
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax9729
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39880
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
published by Ashford Brothers & Co, after Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x22522
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Ferdinand Jean de la Ferté Joubert
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x132281
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax10076
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x45951
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x22521
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x197551
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG Ax17503
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1882
NPG x38897
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883?
NPG x96510
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