Description
Portrait of Angela Burdett- Coutts”, is an engraving on cream stock paper from the folio Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men & Women of Europe and America. 1874.
Annotations
An original engraving on cream-colored medium stock paper. The engraving is from a first edition book titled, “Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men & Women of Europe and America” published in 1874. There were 2,500 copies printed by Johnson Wilson and Company Publishers, NYC, NY.
Condition
This shrink-wrapped print is stored in an architectural flat-file drawer. Ours is a smoke-free adult environment. Very clean surface, this piece has been stored in an architectural flat file drawer in a smoke-free adult environment. All of our prints are kept in tissue and/or plastic sleeves and mailed flat to ensure safe travels. We do not list artwork with visible surface conditions, marks, or damage beyond the perimeter margins (unless specifically noted for rare prints). Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated.
Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated.
about Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts:
Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships, endowments, and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest philanthropic acts was to co-found with Charles Dickens a home for young women who had “turned to a life of immorality” including theft and prostitution. The home was known as Urania Cottage. She avoided taking sides in partisan politics but was actively interested in improving the condition of indigenous Africans or the education and relief of the poor or suffering in any part of the world. Though she made no special distinction of creed in her charities, Burdett-Coutts was a notable benefactor of the Church of England, building two churches – including St Stephen’s in Rochester Row, Westminster – and endowing church schools. She also supported the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was closely involved with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (RSPCA). Through her support of missionary and nursing efforts, she was associated with Louisa Twining and Florence Nightingale. Burdett-Coutts founded Columbia Market in the East End of London in 1869 and pioneered social (public) housing for the poor. Lady Burdett-Coutts died of acute bronchitis at her home. By the time of her death, she had given more than £3 million to good causes. Nearly 30,000 people filed past her coffin before she was buried on 5 January 1907 near the West Door in the nave of Westminster Abbey.
Edward Vll is reported to have described her as “after my mother, the most remarkable woman in the British Kingdom.” [wiki]
