Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

(John) Frederick Denison Maurice (1805-1872), Church of England clergyman, theologian and founder of Christian Socialism

Writer and divine; founded the 'Apostles Club' at Cambridge; edited various papers; took orders, 1830; involved in many of the religious debates of the period; published numerous articles and other works; held several academic posts; inaugurated the Working Men's College; one of the most influential thinkers of his time.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.