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 Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1940
NPG P1292(51)
Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1940
NPG P1292(52)
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print on card mount, circa 1940
NPG P1292(63)
Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 13 September 1941
NPG P1292(59)
Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print, 13 September 1941
NPG P1292(60)
by Unknown photographer
matte bromide print on card mount, circa 1941-1942
NPG P1292(61)
Sidney and Beatrice Webb with relatives
possibly by Sheila Cameron Meinertzhagen (née Macnamara)
vintage snapshot print, 1942
NPG P1292(91)
by George Bernard Shaw, copy by Emery Walker Ltd
photogravure, circa 1900
NPG x12675
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, September 1938
NPG x84434
Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Sidney and Beatrice Webb with relatives
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, circa 1940
NPG x12672
Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Sidney and Beatrice Webb with relatives
by Allan Chappelow
sepia vintage print, August 1942
NPG x12673
by Allan Chappelow
sepia vintage print, August 1942
NPG x12674
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1943
NPG x91779
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1943
NPG x82139
by George Bernard Shaw, copy by Emery Walker Ltd
photogravure, circa 1900
NPG x28770
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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