Philanthropy Collection (#3)

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

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 18. American socialite and philanthropist Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, wife of financier John D. Rockefeller Jr

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 18. American socialite and philanthropist Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, wife of financier John D. Rockefeller Jr

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr and son David, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr and son David, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 18

Mr. J.D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1918 Aug. 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. J.D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1918 Aug. 2. American businessman and philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller Sr

Mr. J.D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1918 Aug. 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. J.D. Rockefeller, portrait photograph, 1918 Aug. 2. American businessman and philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller Sr

Approchez M. Gérenflot... venez recevoir... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Approchez M. Gerenflot... venez recevoir... 19th century. Philanthropists of the day - Approach M Gerenflot.... Come and receive

Ah! Monsieur...votre bouillon est... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Monsieur...votre bouillon est... 19th century. Philanthropists of the day - Oh! sir... your broth is

Alvan Tufts Fuller, Rep. from Massachusetts, 1917 Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alvan Tufts Fuller, Rep
Alvan T. Fuller, Rep. from Massachusetts, 1917. Rep. 1917-1921

Lewisohn, Samuel W. Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 May 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lewisohn, Samuel W. Mr. portrait photograph, 1914 May 7

Harkness, Edward S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1931 May 15. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Harkness, Edward S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1931 May 15

Rockefeller, J.D. Mr. portrait photograph, 1918 Aug. 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Rockefeller, J.D. Mr. portrait photograph, 1918 Aug. 2

Kahn, Otto H. Mr. estate, 1928 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Kahn, Otto H. Mr. estate, 1928

Holt, Winifred, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Jan. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Holt, Winifred, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Jan

Gibson, Charles Dana, Mrs. portrait photograph, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Gibson, Charles Dana, Mrs. portrait photograph, between 1914 and 1917

Gibson, Charles Dana, Mrs. portrait photograph, 1917 July 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Gibson, Charles Dana, Mrs. portrait photograph, 1917 July 3

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

Duncan, Isadora, and Paris Singer, portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Duncan, Isadora, and Paris Singer, portrait photograph, between 1916 and 1918

Frick, Helen, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Oct. 30. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Frick, Helen, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Oct. 30

Henry P. Davison, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Henry P. Davison, between 1910 and 1920
Henry P. Davison, between 1910 and 1920. American banker and philanthropist

Mme. Wu Ting Fang, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mme. Wu Ting Fang, between 1890 and 1910. Mrs. Wu Tingfang, wife of Chinese diplomat Wu Tingfang, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front

Esquisse pour l'église de la Trinité : Saint Vincent de Paul secourant les Lorrains après... 1873
Esquisse pour l'eglise de la Trinite : Saint Vincent de Paul secourant les Lorrains apres la guerre de 1637, 1873. Saint Vincent de Paul brings succour to the people of Alsace-Lorraine after

Esquisse pour l'église Saint- Merry : Saint Vincent de Paul arrivant à Tunis, 1840
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint- Merry : Saint Vincent de Paul arrivant a Tunis, 1840. Saint Vincent de Paul arrives in Tunis

Dr. John R. Francis [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown
Dr. John R. Francis [recto], 1902. African-American medical practitioner, developed a private sanitarium to care for black people who lacked proper health care and sanitation in their homes

Statue of Mr Strutt, in the Arboretum, at Derby, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Mr Strutt, in the Arboretum, at Derby, 1854. Joseph Strutt [a cotton mill owner]...saw with sorrow that no open heath or common-land existed in the neighbourhood of his native town

Celebrities of the Day -- The Rev.Charles Haddon Spurgeon; Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Creator: Lance Calkin
Celebrities of the Day -- The Rev.Charles Haddon Spurgeon; Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

J. P. Campbell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. P. Campbell, 1887. Jabez Pitt Campbell, African-American minister, activist, philanthropist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Preston Taylor, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Preston Taylor, 1887. African-American businessman, minister and philanthropist, created Greenwood Cemetery, the second oldest African-American cemetery in Nashville, and Greenwood Park

Portrait of Madame Olympe Heriot, born Cyprienne Dubernet (1857-1947), 1891. Creator: Theobald Chartran
Portrait of Madame Olympe Heriot, born Cyprienne Dubernet (1857-1947), 1891

Portrait of Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832), chemist and politician, 1801. Creator: Louis Andre Gabriel Bouchet
Portrait of Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832), chemist and politician, 1801

Edme Champion (1764-1852), dit "l'homme au petit manteau bleu", distribuant de la soupe... c1834
Edme Champion (1764-1852), dit "l'homme au petit manteau bleu", distribuant de la soupe et du pain sur la place du marche Saint-Martin, c1834

Portrait of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), c1660. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), c1660

Andrew Carnegie, April 1905, c1905. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Andrew Carnegie, April 1905, c1905. Photograph shows Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left. [Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist]

"Miss Apperson" playing banjo...Sen. George Hearst's residence, Washington, D.C. 1895
"Miss Apperson" playing banjo beside statue of "Flora" in niche of Sen. George Hearst's residence, Washington, D.C. 1895

(Left to right) Robert C. Ogden, U.S. Secretary of War William Howard Taft, Booker T... 1906
(Left to right) Robert C. Ogden, U.S. Secretary of War William Howard Taft, Booker T. Washington and Andrew Carnegie, standing on the steps of a building

Helen Hay, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Helen Hay, between 1890 and 1910. Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of poet, writer and philanthropist Helen Julia Hay (Mrs. Helen Payne Whitney), seated in front of door, facing front

Hammond, John Hays, Jr. I.E. Sr - Inventor, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Hammond, John Hays, Jr. I.E
John Hays Hammond Jr [sic]. I.E. Sr - Inventor, 1912. [American mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist John Hays Hammond Senior was involved in the botched Jameson Raid against the South

Henry Walters, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Henry Walters, between 1913 and 1918
Henry Walters, between 1913 and 1918. American art collector and philanthropist, founder of the Walters Art Gallery (now the Walters Art Museum) in Baltimore, Maryland

Portrait of Madame Dubernet, 1899. Creator: Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Portrait of Madame Dubernet, 1899

Portrait of Madame Dubernet, 1899. Creator: Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Portrait of Madame Dubernet, 1899

Portrait of Madame Dubernet, 1899. Creator: Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
Portrait of Madame Dubernet, 1899

Lady Brooke, 1891. Creator: Henry Van der Weyde
Lady Brooke, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Portrait of Lady Decies, 1940. Creator: Marcel Baschet
Portrait of Lady Decies, 1940

Free Rest House and Orchard for Poor Wayfarers in Morotto, 1891. Creator: LK van Dort
Free Rest House and Orchard for Poor Wayfarers in Morotto, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Alfred House, Colombo, The Town Residence of Lady de Soysa, 1891. Creator: LK van Dort
Alfred House, Colombo, The Town Residence of Lady de Soysa. 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

The de Soysa Lying-In Home and Medical Museum, Colombo, 1891 Creator: LK van Dort
The de Soysa Lying-In Home and Medical Museum, Colombo, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

The Prince of Wales College, Morottos, Ceylon, 1891. Creator: LK van Dort
The Prince of Wales College, Morottos, Ceylon, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917
Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. American philanthropist Mabel Thorp Boardman was the only woman to ever serve on the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners

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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.