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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 London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG Ax46211

Samuel Wilberforce

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 14 July 1873
NPG Ax46211

Samuel Wilberforce, by Ghémar Frères - NPG Ax9628

Samuel Wilberforce

by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9628

Samuel Wilberforce, by Leonida Caldesi - NPG Ax9629

Samuel Wilberforce

by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9629

Samuel Wilberforce, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax9828

Samuel Wilberforce

by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG Ax9828

Samuel Wilberforce with family group, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax9998

Samuel Wilberforce with family group

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9998

Samuel Wilberforce with family group, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax9999

Samuel Wilberforce with family group

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9999

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Henry Robinson, printed by  McQueen (Macqueen), published by  Joseph Hogarth, after  George Richmond - NPG D37505

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Henry Robinson, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by Joseph Hogarth, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1845
NPG D37505

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Henry Robinson, printed by  McQueen (Macqueen), published by  Joseph Hogarth, after  George Richmond - NPG D37506

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Henry Robinson, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by Joseph Hogarth, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1845
NPG D37506

Samuel Wilberforce, by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by  James Ryman, after  Frederick Richard Say - NPG D37503

Samuel Wilberforce

by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by James Ryman, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 1 August 1849
NPG D37503

Samuel Wilberforce, by William Holl Jr, after  George Richmond - NPG D20670

Samuel Wilberforce

by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1851 or after (1834)
NPG D20670

Samuel Wilberforce, by Daniel John Pound, published for a supplement to  Illustrated News of the World, after  John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG D37508

Samuel Wilberforce

by Daniel John Pound, published for a supplement to Illustrated News of the World, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, after 1858
NPG D37508

Samuel Wilberforce, by Daniel John Pound, published for a supplement to  Illustrated News of the World, after  John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG D37509

Samuel Wilberforce

by Daniel John Pound, published for a supplement to Illustrated News of the World, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, after 1858
NPG D37509

Samuel Wilberforce, by Samuel Bellin, after  George Richmond - NPG D37504

Samuel Wilberforce

by Samuel Bellin, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, circa 1868 (circa 1864)
NPG D37504

Samuel Wilberforce ('Statesmen, No. 25.'), by Carlo Pellegrini - NPG D43389

Samuel Wilberforce ('Statesmen, No. 25.')

by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG D43389

Samuel Wilberforce, by Carlo Pellegrini - NPG D4521

Samuel Wilberforce

by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG D4521

Samuel Wilberforce, by Carlo Pellegrini - NPG D4789

Samuel Wilberforce

by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 July 1869
NPG D4789

Samuel Wilberforce, by John Richardson Jackson, after  George Richmond - NPG D37507

Samuel Wilberforce

by John Richardson Jackson, after George Richmond
mezzotint, published 1871 (1868)
NPG D37507

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