Philanthropy Collection

Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, London
The Mount Pleasant Hotel at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. The building was originally erected in 1894 as one of Londons six Rowton Houses - large

John D Rockefeller, American industrialist, late 19th century (1956). Rockefeller (1839-1937) made his fortune in the petroleum industry

St Matilda / Butler Lives
SAINT MATILDA Queen of Henry I of Germany, noted for her philanthropy; she founded many convents

Sir Francis Crossley, businessman, philanthropist and MP
Sir Francis Crossley (1817-1872), 1st Baronet of Halifax, British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. Date: 1860s

Telescopic Philanthropy, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Telescopic Philanthropy, 1865. Little London Arab. Please M, Ain t We Black Enough to be Cared For? (With Mr. Punchs Compliments to Lord Stanley.) In his novel, Bleak House

Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visits women at Newgate
Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) on a visit to Newgate Prison, London. In 1817, Fry and a group of like-minded, mostly Quaker, women formed the Ladies Association for the Reformation of the Female Prisoners

Adeline, Duchess of Bedford (1852-1920), formerly Lady Adeline Mary Somers-Cocks, George Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford

The King of Trusts. Andrew Carnegie. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2796308 The King of Trusts. Andrew Carnegie. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Fornaro, Carlo de (1872-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The King of Trusts)

Sir Charles W Macara (colour litho)
612118 Sir Charles W Macara (colour litho) by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Charles W Macara, A leading figure in the cotton industry)

John Julius Angerstein (1736-1823). Creator: Thomas Lawrence
John Julius Angerstein (1736-1823)

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
3585776 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; (add.info.: Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) an English politician, philanthropist, and social reformer

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
3585779 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; (add.info.: Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) an English politician, philanthropist, and social reformer

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
3585777 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; (add.info.: Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) an English politician, philanthropist, and social reformer

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
3585778 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; (add.info.: Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) an English politician, philanthropist, and social reformer

H.P. Davison, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
H.P. Davison, between c1915 and c1920.

A.W. Mellon, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
A.W. Mellon, between c1915 and c1920. Shows industrialist, banker, and politician Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937).

W.K. Vanderbilt at racetrack, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
W.K. Vanderbilt at racetrack, 1910.

Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs
Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Mrs. Anna Dike, Miss Anne Morgan and French politician Fernand David (1869-1935) inspecting land in France

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

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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.