Beatrice Webb
(1858-1943), Social reformer, economist and diarist(Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Baroness Passfield
Sitter in 76 portraits
The author of The Co-operative Movement in Britain (1891) and Factory Acts (1901), Beatrice Webb was, with her husband Sidney, a driving force in socialist intellectual circles at the turn of the century and, like Shaw, a prominent member of the Fabian Society. Among their joint publications are English Local Government (9 volumes, 1906-29) and Soviet Communism: A new Civilization? (1935).
by George T. Millichap
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1863
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print on card, early 1870s
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, late 1870s
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, late 1870s
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copy by Unknown photographer
glossy vintage print, 1883
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'Miss Beatrice Potter' (Beatrice Webb)
after Paul Hermann Naumann
glossy vintage print, circa 1890
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Martin & Sallnow
albumen cabinet card, mid 1890s
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Martin & Sallnow
albumen cabinet card, mid 1890s
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by George Bernard Shaw, copy by Emery Walker Ltd
photogravure, circa 1900
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by Jessie Holliday
chalk, circa 1909
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 1910s
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by Unknown photographer
vintage print, late 1910s
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1918
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Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; George Bernard Shaw
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 1919
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Beatrice Webb; George Bernard Shaw
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1919
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb and an unknown man
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920s
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb and an unknown man
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920s
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Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield with three others
by Unknown photographer
sepia-toned vintage snapshot print, 1922
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Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Unknown photographer
sepia-toned vintage snapshot print, 1922
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Related People
- Margaret Booth (née Meinertzhagen) (niece)
- Rachel (née Hobhouse), Lady Clay (niece)
- Catherine ('Kate') Courtney (née Potter), Lady Courtney of Penwith (sister)
- Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps (nephew)
- Theresa Cripps (née Potter) (sister)
- Barbara Drake (née Meinertzhagen) (niece)
- Eleanor Hobhouse (niece)
- Margaret Heyworth Hobhouse (née Potter) (sister)
- Paul Edward Hobhouse (nephew)
- Stephen Henry Hobhouse (nephew)
- Daniel ('Dan') Meinertzhagen (nephew)
- Georgina Meinertzhagen (née Potter) (sister)
- Richard Meinertzhagen (nephew)
- Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield (husband)
- Richard Potter (grandfather)
- Mary Amelia Wollaston (née Meinertzhagen) (niece)
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