Samuel Wilberforce
(1805-1873), Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester; son of William Wilberforce; Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 84 portraits
Bishop of Oxford, 1845-69 introduced many reforms and improved diocesan organisation; dynamic energetic and intemperate, as shown by his unfortunate attack on Darwinian theories in 1860, when he attracted much ridicule.
by Clara Pusey
pencil and watercolour, circa 1856
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by Clara Pusey
pen and ink, circa 1856
NPG 4541(9a)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(11)
by George Richmond
oil on paper, circa 1864
NPG 1054
by George Richmond
charcoal and chalk, 1868
NPG 4974
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG 1993
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s-early 1860s
NPG Ax30403
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s-early 1860s
NPG x27390
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 1857
NPG Ax7908
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 1857
NPG x6390
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
NPG x27396
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published May 1859
NPG Ax7271
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published May 1859
NPG x14254
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17845
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax17852
by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x27391
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x27392
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG Ax10047
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10049
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax10054
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10061
by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10062
by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10063
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10065
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10066
by Julius Nicholas F. ('Jules') Guggenheim
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax7459
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, early 1860s
NPG Ax9601
Samuel Wilberforce; James Randall; Henry Hutchinson Swinny
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax9674
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9682
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9684
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9687
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9688
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9689
by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax9690
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x27389
by Unknown photographer
salt print, 12 July 1862
NPG Ax9596
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9675
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9676
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9677
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9679
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
NPG Ax9680
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9681
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9683
by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9685
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
NPG Ax9686
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
NPG Ax9678
by John Beattie
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax30404
'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
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by Alfred Richard Mowbray
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x139656
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, September 1865
NPG Ax9762
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, September 1865
NPG Ax9765
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1867
NPG Ax139189
by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen print, September 1867
NPG Ax139190
by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen print, September 1867
NPG Ax139188
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x27393
by John Watkins
albumen print, 1870s
NPG Ax21872
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG Ax38621
by Adams & Stilliard
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873
NPG x27387
by Adams & Stilliard
albumen carte-de-visite, January 1873
NPG x27388
Related People
- Agnes Everilda Mary Froude (née Wilberforce) (niece)
- Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce (son)
- (Bertrand) Arthur Henry Wilberforce (nephew)
- Caroline Mary Wilberforce (niece)
- Ernest Roland Wilberforce (son)
- Henry Edward Wilberforce (nephew)
- Henry William Wilberforce (brother)
- Sir Herbert William Wilberforce (grandson)
- Reginald Garton Wilberforce (son)
- Wilfrid Ignatius Wilberforce (nephew)
- William Wilberforce (father)
- William Wilberforce (brother)
- William Francis Wilberforce (nephew)
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