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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

(1859-1947), Politician; MP for Seaham, social reformer, economist and a co-founder of the London School of Economics

Sitter in 90 portraits
Political and social reformer; Labour MP for Seaham (1922-9) and President of the Board of Trade (1924); with his wife Beatrice founded the London School of Economics and Political Science (1895) and the New Statesman (1913); shown signalling 'the inevitability of gradualness' marking the advance of socialism.

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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield, by Frank Reynolds - NPG 5937

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Frank Reynolds
pen and ink, circa 1909
NPG 5937

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield, by Winifred Cécile Dongworth - NPG 5027

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Winifred Cécile Dongworth
watercolour on ivory, 1920-1930
NPG 5027

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield, by Unknown photographer - NPG P1292(40)

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920s
NPG P1292(40)

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb, by Unknown photographer - NPG P1292(18)

Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb

by Unknown photographer
sepia-toned vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG P1292(18)

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