Social Reform Collection

John Stuart Mill, British social reformer and philosopher, 1873. Artist: Spy
John Stuart Mill, British social reformer and philosopher, 1873. An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill (1806-1873) was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

New Lanark Mills, Scotland, c1815. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills and housing. Educational facilities were provided, as well as the worlds first day nursery

Suffrage parade, Inez Milholland, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Suffrage parade, Inez Milholland, 1913. Shows lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain riding astride in the suffrage parade as the first of four mounted heralds

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Examining Lord Shaftsbury before the Royal Commission... 1891. Creator: Unknown
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Examining Lord Shaftsbury before the Royal Commission on the Housing of the Poor, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

The Poor Blind at the East End; Stepney Workhouse and St.Philip's Institute, 1890. Creator: Paul Charles Renouard
The Poor Blind at the East End; Stepney Workhouse and St.Philip's Institute, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Robert Owen, Welsh-born industrialist, philanthropist and socialist, 1851 (1956). Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799

Robert Owen, Welsh-born British philanthropist and socialist, 19th century. Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799

William Lloyd Garrison, 1833. Creator: Nathaniel Jocelyn
William Lloyd Garrison, 1833

Meeting of the Birmingham Political Union, 1832-33. Creator: Benjamin Robert Haydon
Meeting of the Birmingham Political Union, 1832-33. Painting depicts the meeting of the Unions on New Hall Hill, Birmingham May 7th, 1832

Samuel Whitbread, Esq. (1764- 1815), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Samuel Whitbread, Esq. (1764- 1815) 1816. Samuel Whitbread (1764- 1815) British politician and reformer, admired Napoleon and his reforms in France and Europe, died by his own hand on 6 July 1815

Chartists at church, c1839 (c1890). Creator: Unknown
Chartists at church, c1839 (c1890). From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol. V." [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, c1890]

Mrs. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), c1843, (1912). Artist: George Richmond
Mrs. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), c1843, (1912). Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), an English prison reformer, social reformer, Quaker, and Christian philanthropist

Samuel Plimsoll, M. P. c1890, (1904). Artist: James Russell
Samuel Plimsoll, M.P. c1890, (1904). Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898) was an English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line From Social England

Francis Place, 1836, (1904). Artist: Daniel Maclise
Francis Place, 1836, (1904). Francis Place (1771-1854), was an English social reformer. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Teaching boys to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools

The Death of Wat Tyler, 1838. Walter Tyler (1360-1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants Revolt in England. He marched a group of rebels from Canterbury to the capital to oppose the institution of a

The Death of Wat Tyler, 1859. Artist: John Rogers
The Death of Wat Tyler, 1859. Walter Wat Tyler (died 15 June 1381). Leader of the 1381 Peasants Revolt in England, marched with a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the institution

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician, mid 19th century (1936)
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician, philanthropist and social reformer, mid 19th century (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol

Florence Nightingale, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced

General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, 1912 (1951). Booth (1829-1912) founded a Christian Mission in London in 1865

John Stuart Mill, British philosopher and social reformer, 19th century (1956). An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill (1806-1873) was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

Effigy of Jeremy Bentham with his embalmed head, University College, London, 1956. English social reformer and philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), British social reformer and philosopher. An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

Francois Marie Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist, (1903). Fourier (1772-1837) believed that universal harmony could be achieved by reorganizing society into cooperatives called phalanxes

Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and social reformer, (1903). Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799, featured pioneering social and industrial welfare programmes

Four German socialists, (1903). Karl Heinrich Marx, German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary; Ferdinand Lasalle, German jurist and socialist political activist; Wilhelm Liebknecht

Four social theorists: Carlyle, Owen, Fourier and Proudhon, (1903). Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and social reformer; Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist

Samuel Plimsoll, Esq, MP, British Liberal politician and social reformer, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Samuel Plimsoll, Esq, MP, British Liberal politician and social reformer, 1876. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

William Wilberforce, English anti-slavery campaigner, 19th century. Artist: E Scriven
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist, evangelical Christian and anti-slavery campaigner, 19th century. Entering Parliament in 1780

Ram Mohan Roy, founder of the Brahmo Samaj, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Ram Mohan Roy, founder of the Brahmo Samaj, 1828. Ram Mohan Roy, also written as Rammohun Roy, or Raja Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833), was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj

William Wilberforce, philanthropist, evangelical Christian and anti-slavery campaigner, 1821
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist, evangelical Christian and anti-slavery campaigner, 1821. Entering Parliament in 1780

Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Artist: Spy
Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Smiles (1812-1904) was the author of Self Help. Cartoon from Vanity Fair. (London, 14 January 1882)

Samuel Plimsoll, British social reformer and politician, 1873. Known popularly as the sailors friend because of his championing of sailors interests

Teaching girls to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools

Salvation Army march led by a drummer being barracked by onlookers in Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Salvation Army march led by a drummer being barracked by onlookers in Paris, 1892. The Salvation Army, an evangelical Protestant charitable movement was founded by William Booth in London in 1865

Charles Fourier, French social theorist. Fourier (1772-1837) believed that universal harmony could be achieved by reorganizing society into cooperatives called phalanxes

General William Booth, evangelical social worker and founder of the Salvation Army, 1894. Booth (1829-1912) founded a Christian Mission in London in 1865

Strangers, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
Strangers, 1883. Father Christmas visits the slums of London to find the little girl does not know him. The continuing concern over the plight of the capitals poorest citizens had been brought to

Seeings Believing, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
Seeings Believing, 1883. Mr Punch watches approvingly as the President of the Local Government Board goes into the courts

Mammons Rents!, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mammons Rents!, 1883. A rent collector has come to collect the weeks payment from one of Londons poorest families. The well-fed

Sir Rowland Hill, originator of the Postage Stamp, 1893
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), English teacher, inventor and social reformer. Hill campaigned for the reform of the postal system

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