Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints
Photographs

Paintings, drawings, sculptures and printsback to top

1887
Oil on canvas by George Frederic Watts; see NPG 2893.
Oil on canvas by Charles H. Thompson after Watts, dated May 1914; untraced. Ref. Barnett 1918, vol.2, p.391, where said to have been given to Wadham College, Oxford.

1893
Design by unidentified artist, ?after photograph, head-and-shoulders to right, looking down, bare-headed, white beard; untraced. Repr. ILN, 2 Sept. 1893, p.278.

c.1897
Drawing by Francis Carruthers Gould, signed, half-length, profile to left, bare-headed, arm outstretched to left, standing above crowd, inset into general view of visitors at Whitechapel Picture Gallery; untraced. Repr Westminster Gazette (date not known, ref. Barnett 1918, vol.2, p.155); and Barnett 1918, vol.2, facing p.154 (captioned ‘The Rev. Canon Barnett as Guide’).

c.1907
Chalk drawing by Francis Dodd; see NPG 4419.

1907
Drypoint etchings (two designs), 177 x 151mm, by Francis Dodd, The Tall Shiner, signed in plate, half-length, half-profile to right, wearing white tie and shirt under overcoat and large-brimmed top hat; edition of 50, impressions colls BM, London, 1908,0221.3 and 1926,0813.3 (described as ‘an old man in evening dress’ and inscr. below plate ‘Francis Dodd’ and ‘Canon Barnett’); Manchester AG, 1909.4; and elsewhere. One impression exh. Society of Twelve, London, 1909 (ref. Studio, Apr. 1909, p.227). This is the design derived from NPG 4419.

1908
Oil on canvas by Hubert von Herkomer, signed and dated top right, three-quarter length to front, standing behind Henrietta Barnett; Toynbee Hall, London. Commisioned by the Barnetts’ admirers. ‘We are fresh from Herkomer, where we spent last night [in Bushey] … He is a wonderful creature, brimming with life. We talked hard while he studied us, and on 28th he begins the picture. He interests us, but will he last over six or eight sittings? His house cost £100,000.’ (Letter from Samuel Barnett to Frank Barnett, 24 Jan. 1908, Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR/400, quoted Barnett 1918, vol.2, p.346.) The portrait is visible in a photograph of prime minister Herbert Asquith standing in front of the canvas at its presentation to the Barnetts, 20 Nov. 1908; repr. Barnett 1918, vol.2, facing p.364 and in another shot, repr. Creedon 2006, p.142.
A second version or copy, 1200 x 1000m, by Herkomer; formerly Barnett House, Oxford, now (2012) Dept of Social Policy and Intervention, U. of Oxford.


Posthumous portraits

1915–16
Marble bas-relief memorial plaque with figure by George Frampton, dedicated 8 Feb.1916, whole-length, in agricultural garb personifying the Parable of the Sower, to represent Barnett’s good works; Westminster Abbey. Repr. Barnett 1918, vol.2, facing p.390.
Seen also in two photographs, Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/0263 (captioned ‘Westminster Abbey: Detail of the figure of Canon Barnett as the “sower” on Barnett’s memorial’) and ACC/3816/PH/01/0264 (captioned ‘Westminster Abbey: Memorial to Canon Barnett prior to the addition of Henrietta Barnett’s details’).

Photographsback to top

c.1861
Carte-de-visite by James Fisher, Clifton, whole-length to left, standing, right hand in trouser pocket, left hand on plinth with top hat; three prints Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 578, 576 (inscr. verso ‘S A B when he was about 17–18’) and 577.

Carte-de-visite by Vines Photographic Institution, Clifton, whole-length, looking to left, standing, clean-shaven, right hand holding cane and top hat, left elbow on plinth with urn; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 579.

1862–6
Cartes-de-visite by Thomas and George Shrimpton, Oxford (at two different dates):
(a) whole-length to front, clean-shaven, standing between fluted pillar and chaise longue, wearing knee-length sleeveless gown and mortar-board, right hand holding book; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 580.
(b) whole-length to front, standing before arched backdrop, wearing dark morning coat and light-coloured trousers, right hand holding bowler hat, left elbow on fluted pillar; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 588.

Carte-de-visite by Hills & Saunders, Oxford, whole-length, looking to right, fringe beard, wearing Volunteer Rifle Corps uniform including forage cap, right hand holding very long rifle; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 588.
Another pose, showing Barnett with group of Volunteer Corps members outside Wadham College, ref. Barnett 1918, vol.1, p.16.

Carte-de-visite by Hills & Saunders, Oxford, head-and-shoulders vignette, looking left, with fringe beard; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 587.

Carte-de-visite by Hills & Saunders, Oxford, inscr. verso ‘F.A.Barnett – Father / SA – Son / Frank – Son / Mr Legge?’, whole-length, standing far left in group of four men; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 589.

Cartes-de-visite by Hills & Saunders, Oxford, two known poses:
(a) whole-length, looking to left, standing, moustache and side whiskers, wearing long BA gown, hood and mortar-board, right hand on upright chairback; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 584.
(b) whole-length to front as (a), with no chair and right hand holding mortar-board; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 583 and 586.
These images probably mark Barnett’s graduation in 1865.

Carte-de-visite by Marcus Guttenberg, Clifton, inscr. verso ‘from his Mother’s box / SAB when at Wadham College / 1863?’, head-and-shoulders vignette to left, bald head, full beard; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 581-2.

?1872
Carte-de-visite by Elliott & Fry, inscr. verso ‘Yetta Rowland of her future husband Oct / 72’, three-quarter-length to left, seated, hands clasped in lap; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 570. Repr. Barnett 1918, vol.1, facing p.62 (captioned ‘at the time of [his] marriage, 1873’); and Watkins 2005, p.34 (cropped).

1880
Carte-de-visite by Samuel Alexander Walker, Regent Street, inscr. verso ‘Oct 80’, half-length to left, seated, bald head with beard, right arm resting on table; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 569.

1884
Photograph by Gillman & Co., Oxford, inscr. ‘June 1884’, three-quarter length to left, seated, wearing academic gown and mortar-board; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 571.

1884–5
Cartes-de-visite by Elliott & Fry, three known poses:
(a) head-and-shoulders vignette to front, inscr. verso ‘July 85’; Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 572. Repr. as engr. by Emery Walker, Barnett 1918, vol.1, frontispiece (captioned ‘when he became Warden of Toynbee Hall [1884]’); also repr. Sheppard 2008, p.13.
(b) head-and-shoulders vignette, looking to left; repr. Watkins 2005, p.83.
(c) half-length, profile to right, seated, left hand to chin, right hand in lap; print engr. by Emery Walker with facsimile signature in Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/03/055.

mid-to-late 1880s
Photograph by unidentified photographer, whole-length, half-profile to left, right hand to chin, seated in centre of group outside Toynbee Hall, with Henrietta Barnett and 13 men; repr. Watkins 2005, p.86 (captioned ‘Henrietta and Samuel with the young Oxbridge men who lived at Toynbee Hall’).

c.1890
Photographs by unidentified photographer, long shots taken outside St Jude’s Cottage, Hampstead Heath, two known poses:
(a) half-length, standing behind fence, wearing wide-brimmed hat, with Henrietta Barnett and two other women; large print Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/259. Repr. Barnett 1918, vol.2, facing p.146.
(b) whole-length, standing, with Henrietta Barnett and a girl; large print Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/258 (where third sitter is named as sister-in-law Fanny Rowland but appears too small, and may be the Barnetts’ ward, Dorothy Woods).

The Barnett Papers also include a box of four glass negatives ascribed to 1890, apparently as yet unprinted; LMA, F/BAR/560.

before 1892
Photograph by unidentified photographer, head-and-shoulders to right, bald, neat hair, white beard, wearing white tie; repr. as engr. Scribners Magazine, Apr. 1892, p.402.

1892
Photograph by unidentified photographer, wearing soft hat, seated next to Henrietta Barnett in centre of front row in group; repr. Barnett 1918, vol.1, facing p.160; and Watkins 2005, p.68 (captioned ‘Group of St Jude’s Parish Workers 1892’).

c.1895
Tintypes by unidentified photographer, two known poses:
(a) head-and-shoulders to right, before backdrop with bamboo-like plant (two prints).
(b) head-and-shoulders to left, wearing sou’wester shaped hat, background as in (a).
Both in Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 573-5, wrapped in paper inscr. ‘Mr Barnett photoes[sic] / say 1895’.

?1890s
Cabinet card by Lafayette, three-quarter-length to front, seated, left hand to chin, left elbow resting on table with books; print in oval format on funeral card 1913 colls Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR/492/2 (where dated to 1913); and Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/03/053. Repr. as head-and-shoulders vignette, ILN, 21 June 1913, p.922; repr. as whole-plate engr. by Emery Walker, Barnett 1918, vol.2, frontispiece.

Photograph by unidentified photographer, three-quarter-length to front, right hand to cheek, left hand on hip, seated on arm of chair, with Henrietta Barnett seated to left; repr. Watkins 2005, p.30; and Creedon 2006, p.98 (captioned ‘after ten years’ work in Whitechapel’).

Photograph by unidentified photographer, whole-length, reclining on ground, third from left in group with Henrietta Barnett and Toynbee Hall workers on walking holiday in Guernsey; print Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/0222. Repr. Watkins 2005, p.120.

Photograph by unidentified photographer, whole-length to left, looking to front, standing, right hand to cheek, right elbow on chairback, Henrietta Barnett seated to left in drawing-room; repr. Watkins 2005, p.132 (captioned ‘Henrietta and Samuel in the 1890s’).

c.1904
Photograph by unidentified photographer, half-length to front, wearing pale-coloured hat, with Henrietta Barnett and chauffeur in vintage car, in Bristol or Bath; repr. Barnett 1918, vol.2, facing p.218; and Creedon 2006, p.166 (captioned ‘Canon and Mrs Barnett in Mr Henry Ward’s car’).

1903–5
Photograph by unidentified photographer, whole-length, seated in front of arched doorway, in group of residents at Toynbee Hall, with 15 younger men including William Beveridge and R.H. Tawney; Barnett Research Centre, Toynbee Hall, London. Toynbee Hall Archivist dates this grouping to the period between September 1903 and November 1905.

c.1905
Bromide print by Elliott & Fry, three-quarter-length to front, standing, Henrietta Barnett seated to right; prints colls NPG x696; and Getty Images, #3395457, from Rischgitz Coll. Repr. The Year 1913 Illustrated (published by the Daily News), p.120, original artwork in NPG Library.

1907
Photograph by unidentified photographer, whole-length, standing, bareheaded, amid crowd at inauguration of Hampstead Garden Suburb, 2 May 1907; print HGS Archive, LMA, ACC/3816/01/623.

1908
Photograph by unidentified photographer, seated, turning to right, smiling broadly, with Henrietta Barnett and Herbert Asquith on the occasion of the presentation of the double portrait by Herkomer (see above, ‘Paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints, 1908’); repr. Creedon 2006, p.142.

1909
Photographs by T.R. Rodger, in outdoor group at the opening of Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute, March 1909, two known poses:
(a) half-length, standing on steps amid crowd with Henrietta Barnett and others; Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/0634.
(b) half-length, standing with Henrietta Barnett, Edwin Lutyens, Raymond Unwin and others; Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/0636.

Photographs by the Daily Mirror, at opening of The Orchard housing quadrangle in Hampstead Garden Suburb, 6 Oct. 1909, two known poses:
(a) head-and-shoulders, standing, with Henrietta Barnett, Frederick Litchfield, Sybella Gurney and other VIPS on balcony, long shot showing crowd in foreground; print Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01 /0640.
(b) head-and-shoulders, wearing soft hat, elbow on parapet, mid-shot showing group on balcony; print Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/0641.

Photograph by unidentified photographer, with Henrietta Barnett and Rev. Basil Bourchier, vicar of St Jude’s-on-the-Hill, at Heath End House, Hampstead; print Hampstead Garden Suburb Archives, LMA, ACC/3816/PH/01/0249 (where dated to 1909).

1911
Cabinet photographs by Hills & Saunders, Oxford, three known poses:
(a) whole-length to front, standing, wearing doctoral gown and cap, left hand on chairback (two prints).
(b) whole-length to front, looking to camera, seated, wearing doctoral gown and cap.
(c) whole-length to front, looking to right, seated, wearing doctoral gown and cap.
All in Barnett Papers, LMA, F/BAR 563-564. Barnett received his honorary DCL at Oxford University in the first week of June 1911.

Photograph by unidentified photographer, whole-length, half-profile to right, in coronation robes and carrying the coronation orb, walking to cathedral on 22 June 1911; repr. Barnett 1918, vol.2, facing p.360.

Dr Jan Marsh