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Samuel Wilberforce

(1805-1873), Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester; son of William Wilberforce; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Early 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.

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Samuel Wilberforce, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax9680

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
NPG Ax9680

Samuel Wilberforce, by Thomas Richard Williams - NPG Ax9681

Samuel Wilberforce

by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9681

Samuel Wilberforce, by Thomas Richard Williams - NPG Ax9683

Samuel Wilberforce

by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9683

Samuel Wilberforce, by Thomas Richard Williams - NPG Ax9685

Samuel Wilberforce

by Thomas Richard Williams
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax9685

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax9686

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
NPG Ax9686

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax9678

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
NPG Ax9678

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Beattie - NPG Ax30404

Samuel Wilberforce

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 - NPG x139661

'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
NPG x139661

Samuel Wilberforce, by Alfred Richard Mowbray - NPG Ax30402

Samuel Wilberforce

by Alfred Richard Mowbray
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG Ax30402

Samuel Wilberforce, by Alfred Richard Mowbray - NPG x139656

Samuel Wilberforce

by Alfred Richard Mowbray
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x139656

'Pan-Anglican Synod, 1867', by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason) - NPG Ax139190

'Pan-Anglican Synod, 1867'

by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen print, September 1867
NPG Ax139190

'Pan-Anglican Synod, 1867', by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason) - NPG Ax139188

'Pan-Anglican Synod, 1867'

by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen print, September 1867
NPG Ax139188

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Watkins - NPG x27393

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x27393

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Watkins - NPG Ax38621

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG Ax38621

Samuel Wilberforce, by Adams & Stilliard - NPG x27387

Samuel Wilberforce

by Adams & Stilliard
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873
NPG x27387

Samuel Wilberforce, by Adams & Stilliard - NPG x27388

Samuel Wilberforce

by Adams & Stilliard
albumen carte-de-visite, January 1873
NPG x27388

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