3 OF 4

'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' (The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840)

3 of 4 portraits of John Steer

by John Alfred Vinter, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
lithograph, circa 1846-1864 (1841)
22 1/8 in. x 30 1/4 in. (562 mm x 767 mm) paper size
Given by Samuel Gurney, 1880
Reference Collection
NPG D20516

Click on the links below to find out more:

Artistsback to top

Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846), History painter and diarist. Artist associated with 34 portraits, Sitter in 10 portraits.
John Alfred Vinter (1828?-1905), Portrait painter and printmaker. Artist associated with 21 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Sittersback to top

Professor Adam, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter associated with 6 portraits.
Edward Adey, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
George William Alexander (1802-1890), Treasurer of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard Allen (1787-1873), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Stafford Allen (1806-1889), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Allen (1770-1843), Chemist and philanthropist. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Sir Edward Baines (1800-1890), Journalist, politician and educationist. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Edward Baldwin, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Saxe Bannister (1790-1877), Pamphleteer. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Edward Barrett, Emancipated slave and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard Barrett (1784-1855), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Isaac Bass (1782-1855), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Abraham Beaumont (1782-1848), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Beaumont (1788-1862), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Mrs John Beaumont (1790-1853), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Beaumont (1790-1869), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Henry Beckford, Emancipated slave and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
George Bennett, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Bevan, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Binney (Benny) (1798-1874), Nonconformist divine. Sitter in 13 portraits.
James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Birt, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Jonathan Blackhouse, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
W.T. Blair, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Boultbee, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Samuel Bowly (1802-1884), Quaker and anti-slavery agitator. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), Linguist and traveller; Politician and diplomatist. Sitter associated with 18 portraits.
George Bradburn, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Brock (1807-1875), Dissenting divine. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Bulley, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Burnet (1789-1862), Pastor of Mansion House Chapel, Camberwell; slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Bt (1786-1845), Philanthropist. Sitter in 13 portraits.
Anne Isabella, Lady Byron (1792-1860), Wife of Lord Byron. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Tapper Cadbury (1768-1860), Birmingham manufacturer and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
James Carlile (1784-1854), Divine. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Peter Clare (1781-1851), Slavery abolitionist; secretary of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Mary Clarkson, Daughter-in-law of Thomas Clarkson. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Thomas Clarkson, Grandson of Thomas Clarkson. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Nathaniel Colver, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Josiah Conder (1789-1855), Bookseller. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Cooper (1800-1881), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Francis Augustus Cox (1783-1853), Baptist preacher. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Isaac Crewdson (1780-1844), Writer. Sitter in 5 portraits.
John Cropper, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Dawes, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
James Dean, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Dillworth, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Eaton (1793-1858), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Ellis (1789-1862), Railway promoter. Sitter in 5 portraits.
William Fairbank (1771-1846), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Josiah Forster (1782-1870), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Robert Forster (1792-1871), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Forster (1784-1854), Quaker philanthropist and minister. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Samuel Fox (1781-1868), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Eton Galusha, American Baptist minister and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
B. Godwin, Baptist preacher and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Robert Kaye Greville (1794-1866), Botanist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Samuel Gurney (1786-1856), Philanthropist; known as 'The Banker's Banker'. Sitter in 8 portraits.
George Head Head, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Howard Hinton (1791-1873), Baptist minister. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Isaac Hodgson (1783-1847), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
M.M. Isambert, French slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Angell James (1785-1859), Independent minister. Sitter in 7 portraits.
William James, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Sir John Jeremie (1795-1841), Colonial judge. Sitter in 4 portraits.
J.H. Johnson, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Kay, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Keep, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Ketley, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Knibb (1803-1845), Missionary and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Ann Knight (1792-1868), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Leatham (1783-1842), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
L.C. Lecesne, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
C. Edwards Lester, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
M. L'Instant, Haitian slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Samuel Lucas, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Stephen Lushington (1782-1873), Judge. Sitter in 17 portraits.
T.M. McDonnell, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard Robert Madden (1798-1886), Writer. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Joseph Marriage (1807-1884), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Jonathan Miller, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Constantine Richard Moorsom (1792-1861), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Morgan. Sitter in 5 portraits.
William Morgan, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Morrison, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
James Mott, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Dr Murch, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John T. Norton, American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), Irish politician. Sitter associated with 203 portraits.
Amelia Opie (1769-1853), Novelist and poet; second wife of John Opie. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
Elizabeth Pease, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Pease (1772-1846), Reformer. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard Peek, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), American slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Pinches, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Jacob Post (1774-1855), Quaker. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Samuel J. Prescod, Barbadian slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Price, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
G.K. Prince, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard Rathbone, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Mrs Rawson, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Reynolds (1769-1859), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Sams (1784-1860), Orientalist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Scales, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Scoble, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Smeal (1792-1877), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Edward Smith, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Soul, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
George Stacey (1787-1857), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Henry B. Stanton, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Edward Steane (1798-1882), Baptist minister and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 5 portraits.
John Steer (1780-1856), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Henry Sterry (1803-1869), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard Sterry (1785-1865), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Charles Stovel, Baptist minister and slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Charles Stuart (active 1841), Jamaican slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Sturge, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Sturge (1793-1859), Quaker and philanthropist. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
Thomas Swan, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Tatum (1783-1862), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Henry Taylor, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Taylor, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
George Thompson (1804-1878), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 8 portraits.
J. Harfield Tredgold, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Mrs Tredgold, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Henry Tuckett, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
David Turnbull, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Richard D. Webb, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Samuel Wheeler (1776-1858), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
James Whitehorne, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Bt (1783-1847), Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Wilson, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Woodmark, Slavery abolitionist. Sitter in 4 portraits.

Related worksback to top

NPG 599: The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 (source portrait)
NPG D20517: Key to The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 (key)
NPG D20518: Key to The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 (key)
NPG D20519: Key to The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 (key)
NPG D20520: Key to The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 (key)
NPG D23546: 'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' (The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840) (impression from same plate as)
NPG D23547: Key to The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 (key)
NPG D32033: 'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' (The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840) (impression from same plate as)