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Philanthropist; daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bt
Sitter in 19 portraits 
Art historian and trade unionist; former wife of Mark Pattison and later second wife of Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 6 portraits 
Financier, Jewish community leader and philanthropist
Sitter in 8 portraits 
Philanthropist, social reformer and Conservative politician; MP for Woodstock, Dorchester, Dorset and Bath
Sitter in 40 portraits 
Beauty and philanthropist; former wife of Herbert Duckworth, and later wife of Sir Leslie Stephen; mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
Sitter in 8 portraits 
Founder of YWCA Women's Auxiliary Force and philanthropist; daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
Sitter associated with 36 portraits 
Philanthropists
121 People in group
1827-1891
Artist and women's rights activist; benefactor of Girton College, Cambridge
Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist and women's rights activist; benefactor of Girton College, Cambridge
Sitter in 3 portraits
Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
1814-1906Philanthropist; daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bt
Sitter in 19 portraits
Emilia Francis (née Strong), Lady Dilke
1840-1904Art historian and trade unionist; former wife of Mark Pattison and later second wife of Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Bt
1784-1885Financier, Jewish community leader and philanthropist
Sitter in 8 portraits
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
1801-1885Philanthropist, social reformer and Conservative politician; MP for Woodstock, Dorchester, Dorset and Bath
Sitter in 40 portraits
Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson, formerly Mrs Duckworth)
1846-1895Beauty and philanthropist; former wife of Herbert Duckworth, and later wife of Sir Leslie Stephen; mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
Sitter in 8 portraits
1850-1931
Retail and manufacturing chemist and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Retail and manufacturing chemist and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1870-1948Founder of YWCA Women's Auxiliary Force and philanthropist; daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
Sitter associated with 36 portraits
1835-1910
Art collector and philanthropist; founder of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art collector and philanthropist; founder of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Sitter in 1 portrait
1818-1890
Art collector, connoisseur and philanthropist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 10 portraits
Art collector, connoisseur and philanthropist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 10 portraits
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