Prof Henry Fawcett Collection

A Radical Leader, Henry Fawcett MP, British politician and economist, 1872. Artist: Melchiorre Delfico
A Radical Leader, Henry Fawcett MP, British politician and economist, 1872. Fawcett (1833-1884) was blinded in a shooting accident in 1858

Prof Henry Fawcett, MP, c19th century

Professor Henry Fawcett, blind English statesman and economist, 1900. Fawcett (1833-1884) was blinded in a shooting accident in 1858

Henry Fawcett, MP, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Henry Fawcett, MP, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, 1876. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

The New Stamp Duty, 1880. Artist: John Tenniel
The New Stamp Duty, 1880. Cartoon concerning the introduction by the Postmaster General, Henry Fawcett, of the Post Office Savings Bank penny stamp savings scheme. From Punch. (London, 1880)

The Man for the Post, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Man for the Post, 1882. This cartoon depicts the blind Postmaster General, Henry Fawcett, weighed down with parcels containing all sorts of objects and of all shapes, sizes and weights

The New Stamp Duty, 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
The New Stamp Duty, 1880. The gentleman in the dark glasses is Mr Henry Fawcett, the blind Postmaster General. He had just introduced a scheme whereby small amounts could be saved in the Post Office

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