Philanthropy Collection (#2)

Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieutenant McKinney, 1917. Grace Carley Harriman, Blaine Ewing, and Lieutenant McKinney on the U.S.S

Edward William Watkin, Esq. M.P. For Stockport, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Edward William Watkin, Esq. M.P. For Stockport, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by John and Charles Watkins. Mr. Watkin is a Liberal

Christmas Entertainment to the Inmates of the Greenwich Union-House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Entertainment to the Inmates of the Greenwich Union-House, 1864. Through the liberality of Mrs. Angerstein, wife of the member for Greenwich

Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. This institution...is designed for the instruction and moral reformation chiefly of boys under fifteen years of age

Oliver Harriman family & Junior Naval Scouts, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Oliver Harriman family & Junior Naval Scouts, 1918. The family of stockbroker Oliver Harriman Jr. (1862-1940) including his wife Grace Carley Harriman and children Oliver Carley

M.T. Herrick & Anne Morgan, (1918?). Creator: Bain News Service. M.T. Herrick & Anne Morgan, (1918?)
M.T. Herrick & Anne Morgan, (1918?). U.S. Ambassador Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) and philanthropist Anne Tracy Morgan (1873-1952) standing together

Dr. Rosalie S. Morton, Anne Morgan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Rosalie S. Morton, Anne Morgan, between c1915 and c1920. Dr. Rosalie Slaughter (1876-1968), co-founder of the American Women's Hospitals Service, and Anne Tracy Morgan (1873-1952)

Mrs. Eugene Meyer Jr. portrait photograph, 1918 July 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Eugene Meyer Jr. portrait photograph, 1918 July 2. American journalist, philanthropist, civil rights activist and patron of the arts Agnes E

Mr. Charles Y. Garland, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Charles Y. Garland, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. 4. American philanthropist Charles "Barley" Garland. The Garland Fund made significant donations to the American Civil Liberties Union

Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs, Caldesi and Montocchi

Portrait of Henry Walters, 1938. Creator: Thomas Cromwell Corner
Portrait of Henry Walters, 1938. In this posthumous portrait the founder of the Walters Art Museum, Henry Walters (1848-1931)

The Artist's Wife, 1889. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
The Artist's Wife, 1889

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

The Artist Eva Bonnier, 1889. Creator: Sven Richard Bergh
The Artist Eva Bonnier, 1889

Z.C. Pearson, Esq. Mayor of Hull - from a photograph by Mayall, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Z.C. Pearson, Esq. Mayor of Hull - from a photograph by Mayall, 1860. At four years of age [Mr. Zachariah Charles Pearson] was left an orphan...When thirteen years old the lad

Presentation to the Highgate Rifle Corps of a silver bugle by Miss Burdet Coutts... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Presentation to the Highgate Rifle Corps of a silver bugle by Miss Burdet Coutts, at Holly Lodge, Highgate, 1860. The company having taken their seats, the battalion marched up in column,

Portrait of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888), 1865?. Creator: William Oliver Stone
Portrait of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888), 1865?; founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C

Eugénie, 1830-1889, Princess of Sweden and Norway, 1846. Creator: Nils Jakob Blommer
Eugenie, 1830-1889, Princess of Sweden and Norway, 1846

Portrait of the Dentist Bartholomew Ruspini, 1749-1802. Creators: George Romney, Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of the Dentist Bartholomew Ruspini, 1749-1802

Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano, 1771-1772. Creator: Anton Raphael Mengs
Portrait of Isabel Parreno y Arce, Marquesa de Llano, 1771-1772

Andries van Wezel (1856-1921), 1912. Creator: Willem Witsen
Andries van Wezel (1856-1921), 1912

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of the New School-House at the Philanthropic Society's Farm, Red-Hill, [Surrey], 1856. The new School-house is the gift of Mr

Prestation... d'un... membre... du dix Décembre... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Prestation... d'un... membre... du dix Decembre... 19th century. Swearing-in of a new member of the December Ten Philanthropic Society

Une loterie philantropique, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une loterie philantropique, 19th century. The beautiful days of life - A philanthropic lottery

Mellon, Alsa, Miss, portrait photograph, 1924 Nov. 26. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mellon, Alsa, Miss, portrait photograph, 1924 Nov. 26

Philantrope anglais dans l'exercice... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Philantrope anglais dans l'exercice... 19th century. Philanthropists of the day - English philanthropist in practice

N'ayez pas d'inquiètoude... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
N'ayez pas d'inquietoude... 19th century. Philanthropists of the day - Don't worry

Kahn, Otto H. Mr. and unidentified women, outdoors, 1928 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Kahn, Otto H. Mr. and unidentified women, outdoors, 1928

Henry Pomeroy Davison, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Henry Pomeroy Davison, 1913. American banker and philanthropist

John Eversman, Newspaperman, Right, with Bascom Slemp, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
John Eversman, Newspaperman, Right, with Bascom Slemp, 1913

Kahn, Otto H. Mr. and unidentified man, with dog, standing outdoors, 1928 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Kahn, Otto H. Mr. and unidentified man, with dog, standing outdoors, 1928

Mrs. Julia Green Scott, I.E. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Ex-President General of D.A.R. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Julia Green Scott, ie Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Ex-President General of D.A.R. [Daughters of the American Revolution], 1913. Socialite, philanthropist, businesswoman and landowner

Guinness, Loel, portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Guinness, Loel, portrait photograph, 1913

Guinness, Loel, portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Guinness, Loel, portrait photograph, 1913

Julius Rosenwald of Sears-Roebuck Co. Supplies Com. Adv. C.N.D. Chairman, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Julius Rosenwald of Sears-Roebuck Co. Supplies Com. Adv. C.N.D. Chairman, 1917. American businessman and philanthropist; part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company

Julius Rosenwald of Sears-Roebuck Co. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Julius Rosenwald of Sears-Roebuck Co. 1917
Julius Rosenwald of Sears-Roebuck Co. 1917. American businessman and philanthropist; part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company

John D. Rockefeller Jr. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. John D. Rockefeller Jr. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
John D. Rockefeller Jr. 1917. American financier and philanthropist, only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller

Singer, Paris E. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 30. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Singer, Paris E. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 30

Singer, Paris E. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 30. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Singer, Paris E. Mr. portrait photograph, 1916 Sept. 30

Mr. Templeton Crocker, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. 21. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Templeton Crocker, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. 21. American philanthropist, art patron and yachtsman Charles Templeton Crocker

Mr. Templeton Crocker, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. 21. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Templeton Crocker, portrait photograph, 1918 Jan. 21. American philanthropist, art patron and yachtsman Charles Templeton Crocker

A Christening in the Chapel of the Foundling Hospital, 1891. Creator: Robert Barnes
A Christening in the Chapel of the Foundling Hospital, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Mr. J.R.Whitley, Founder and Organiser of the Exhibitions at Earls Court, 1891. Creator: Unknown
Mr. J.R.Whitley, Founder and Organiser of the Exhibitions at Earls Court, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

The Harvest Home at the Philanthropic Home for Boys at Redhill 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Harvest Home at the Philanthropic Home for Boys at Redhill 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Mr. Galen L. Stone, portrait photograph, c1920s. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Galen Luther Stone, portrait photograph, c1920s. American financier and philanthropist

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"Philanthropy: A Legacy of Compassion and Change" In the heart of Kings Cross, London, lies the historic Mount Pleasant Hotel, a witness to countless acts that have shaped our society. From St Matilda's orphanage to Butler Lives sheltering the homeless, this place has been a haven for those in need. Among the remarkable individuals who left an indelible mark on this community was Sir Francis Crossley - a visionary businessman, philanthropist, and Member of Parliament. His dedication to improving lives inspired many others like John D Rockefeller, an American industrialist whose generosity reverberated across continents in the late 19th century. The spirit of compassion extended beyond borders as prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visited women at Newgate with unwavering determination. Her efforts paved the way for change and ignited a flame within English philanthropist William Wilberforce who fought tirelessly against slavery. Through artistry and imagination, John Tenniel depicted "Telescopic Philanthropy" in 1865 - showcasing how even from afar one can make a difference. Adeline, Duchess of Bedford exemplified this notion by using her influence to uplift communities and champion causes close to her heart. No discussion about philanthropy would be complete without mentioning Andrew Carnegie - known as "The King of Trusts. " His immense wealth was channeled towards libraries and education institutions that continue to empower generations today. Equally influential was Sir Charles W Macara whose commitment to social justice resonates through his vibrant lithographs. Looking back further into history reveals another trailblazer – John Julius Angerstein – whose patronage supported artists while leaving behind an enduring legacy. And let us not forget Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; an English politician and philanthropist who dedicated his life to fighting for workers' rights during challenging times.