Various clergymen, philanthropists, politicians and others
1 portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Various clergymen, philanthropists, politicians and others
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
8 in. x 5 1/4 in. (204 mm x 133 mm) image size
Purchased, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax139917
Artistback to top
- Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- George Granville Bradley (1821-1903), Dean of Westminster and schoolmaster. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Coralie De Vere (active 1881-1883), Actress. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- William Edward Forster (1818-1886), Industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician; MP for Bradford; son of William Forster. Sitter in 23 portraits.
- George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831-1907), Financier and Liberal politician; MP for City of London and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sitter in 38 portraits.
- Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), Politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for India. Sitter in 33 portraits.
- Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892), Roman Catholic Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster. Sitter in 56 portraits.
- Sir Hugh Owen (1804-1881), Campaigner for education in Wales. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- William Page-Roberts (1836-1928), Dean of Salisbury. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Henry Richard (1812-1888), Politician and congregationalist minister. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- John Ruskin (1819-1900), Writer, artist and social reformer. Sitter associated with 80 portraits.
- John Charles Ryle (1816-1900), Bishop of Liverpool. Sitter in 9 portraits.
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885), Philanthropist, social reformer and Conservative politician; MP for Woodstock, Dorchester, Dorset and Bath. Sitter in 40 portraits.
- Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce (1841-1916), Archdeacon of Westminster; son of Samuel Wilberforce. Sitter associated with 38 portraits.
- Ernest Roland Wilberforce (1840-1907), Bishop of Newcastle and Bishop of Chichester; son of Samuel Wilberforce. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG x38897: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (appears within the portrait)
- NPG x9197: Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (appears within the portrait)
Events of 1890back to top
Current affairs
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, publishes In Darkest England, in which he compares the supposedly 'civilised' England with 'Darkest Africa'. A critique of the degenerate state of society, Booth also proposed social welfare schemes to alleviate the sufferings of the urban poor.The world's first electric underground railway opens to the public in London, passing under the Thames and linking the City of London and Stockwell.
Art and science
William Morris founds the Kelmscott Press, a revival of art and craft techniques of book printing. Publications included The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896), with decorative designs and typeface by Morris and illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones.Vincent Van Gogh dies after shooting himself in the chest in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray first appears in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine .
International
Cecil Rhodes, organiser of the diamond-mining De Beers Consolidated Mines, becomes premier of Cape Colony as part of his expansionist aims in South Africa.In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II dismisses Otto von Bismarck.
An international anti-slavery conference is held in Brussels, leading to the signing of a treaty by all the major maritime nations covering action to be taken against the trade in Africa and suppression of it by sea.
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