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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

(1801-1885), Philanthropist, social reformer and Conservative politician; MP for Woodstock, Dorchester, Dorset and Bath

Early 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'.

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The House of Commons, 1833, by Sir George Hayter - NPG 54

The House of Commons, 1833

by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1833-1843
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 54

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, probably by Maull & Polyblank - NPG Ax7307

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, published by Ashford Brothers & Co, after  Henry Hering - NPG x22522

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 - NPG x132281

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 - NPG x139661

'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 Lock & Whitfield, published by  Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington - NPG Ax17503

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG Ax17503

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