Robert Owen
(1771-1858), Pioneer of practical socialismRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 8 portraits
A pioneer of practical socialism, he was first manager and then proprietor of the New Lanark mills near Glasgow. He built up the business and spent the remainder of his long life putting into effect his ideas on improved working conditions, housing and education, and promoting Utopian ventures. Owen believed that man's character was formed by his environment, as proposed in his New View of Society, 1813.
by Auguste Hervieu
watercolour, 1829
NPG 2507
by Ebenezer Morley
watercolour, 1834
NPG 4521
by Unknown artist
chalk, 1851
NPG 328
by Julian Leverotti, after a life-mask by James Deville
bronze medallion, 1858
NPG 602
by Henry Thomas Ryall, after William Henry Brooke
stipple engraving, (1834)
NPG D39481
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 April 1840
NPG D41566
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 April 1840
NPG D46357
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