Henry Fawcett
(1833-1884), Politician, political economist and academicSitter in 24 portraits
In 1858 Fawcett was blinded in a shooting accident, leading him to abandon his legal practice and pursue a political career. He wrote the Manual of Political Economy (1863), and later that year was appointed Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. In 1865, he was the first blind man ever to be elected to parliament. A Liberal, he was known as an independent backbencher, criticising Gladstone's administration as being insufficiently radical. Fawcett advanced the cause of blind people by advocating a royal commission on the blind, which was established shortly after his death. He was also active in the passing of the 1867 Reform Bill, and was particularly concerned with the position of women in employment.
Henry Fawcett; Dame Millicent Fawcett
by Ford Madox Brown
oil on canvas, 1872
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1603
by Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
plaster cast of bust, circa late 1870s-1884
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by Mary Grant
plaster medallion, 1886
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x15092
by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8630
possibly by John Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x17108
by Lombardi & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax8631
by Barraud & Jerrard
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1870s
NPG x3681
by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, mid-late 1880s (circa 1873)
NPG x135103
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
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by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
NPG x28144
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1883
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by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1883
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by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1883
NPG x11889
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96395
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