Quaker Collection

MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699 / 1700). American Quaker from Long Island, as a teenager
MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699/1700). American Quaker from Long Island, as a teenager, testifying before the magistrates of Boston to urge them not to persecute innocent people

Benjamin Lay, c. 1750-1758. Creator: William Williams
Benjamin Lay, c. 1750-1758

The Pilgrim Fathers boarding the Mayflower for their voyage to America. After painting by Bernard Gribble

Copy of The Declaration of Independence in Free Quarker Meeting House, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, North America

Pilgrim Fathers boarding the Mayflower for their voyage to America. After painting by Bernard Gribble

Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s
Punishing heretics by exiling them from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Quaker Wedding
A QUAKER WEDDING

Quaker Meeting / Lauron
A Quaker meeting - a woman stands on an upturned barrel to preach

Elizabeth Fry (Bibby s)
ELIZABETH FRY - Prison reformer, quaker and philanthropist

Richard Cadbury of Cadburys chocolate company
Richard Barrow Cadbury (1835-1899), second son of John Cadbury, founder of Cadburys chocolate company. circa 1890s

QUAKER MEETING, 1790. Scene in a Quaker meeting house. Oil painting by an anonymous artist, American, 1790

Quaker women spinning in church
Quaker ladies doing their chores while at worship services. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Quaker worship service in Philadelphia, 1800s
Society of Friends (Quaker) meeting-house in Philadelphia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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Quaker George Fox talking with women in a field, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A Quaker meeting in the 19th century

John Lilburne (1614ja-August 29, 1657), an agitator in England before, during and after the English Civil Wars of 1642-1650. He was a Puritan, though towards the end of his life he became a Quaker

Quaker Meeting / R & Pugin
A Quakers Meeting in a London meeting-house : the men and women are seated separately, the women wearing their bonnets, the men their hats

Elizabeth Fry (Drummond)
ELIZABETH FRY - Prison reformer, quaker and philanthropist

Elizabeth Fry (Quiver)
ELIZABETH FRY - Prison reformer, quaker and philanthropist. Here she visits inmates of Newgate Prison

Quaker saints: Fierce Feathers (colour litho)
8657169 Quaker saints: Fierce Feathers (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fierce Feathers)

George Fox preaching to a crowd in Maryland, America in 1671 during a four-day meeting of local Quakers
UIG5419637 George Fox preaching to a crowd in Maryland, America in 1671 during a four-day meeting of local Quakers. George Fox, 1624 - 1691

Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica
5855053 Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica; (add.info.: Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. Handcoloured botanical illustration engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Cromwell and Fox meeting (engraving)
8641270 Cromwell and Fox meeting (engraving) by Williams, Samuel (1788-1853); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cromwell and Fox meeting)

Swarthmoor Hall, the Home of George Fox, the Quaker (b/w photo)
8649071 Swarthmoor Hall, the Home of George Fox, the Quaker (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Swarthmoor Hall, the Home of George Fox)

Quaker saints: The Voice of the Silence (colour litho)
8657172 Quaker saints: The Voice of the Silence (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Voice of the Silence)

Quaker saints: Pale Windflowers (colour litho)
8657170 Quaker saints: Pale Windflowers (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pale Windflowers)

Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer
NWI4950123 Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer.; (add.info.: Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

A Quaker's meeting
3330055 A Quaker's meeting; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Quaker's meeting. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Col. David Barclay
3330060 Col. David Barclay; (add.info.: Engraving of Col. David Barclay (1610-1686) of Mathers, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire in Scotland, was 1st Laird of Urie near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire

A Quaker's meeting
3330058 A Quaker's meeting; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Quaker's meeting. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815)
864657 John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815); (add.info.: John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) English Quaker born in the West Indies who became and eminent London physician

Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams
3732364 Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams; (add.info.: Nativity and Decumbiture of John Till Adams (1748-1786) a Quaker physician by Ebenezer Sibly

A Quaker
5307373 A Quaker.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Quaker from New England. Quakers are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of)

Social history: Levi Coffin (1798-1877) abolitionist quaker with his signature. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4950085 Social history: Levi Coffin (1798-1877) abolitionist quaker with his signature. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Social history)

A Quaker husband and wife on their way to a meeting
3330056 A Quaker husband and wife on their way to a meeting; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Quaker husband and wife on their way to a meeting. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quaker) in Philadelphia, 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4958181 Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quaker) in Philadelphia, 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quaker) in Philadelphia

PENN, William (1644-1718) (engraving)
CUL4935621 PENN, William (1644-1718) (engraving); (add.info.: English Quaker colonizer, founder of Philadelphia (1683).); AIC.

William Penn, c.1820 (engraving)
8698407 William Penn, c.1820 (engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); (add.info.: History. USA. The quaker William Penn with native americans, Pennsylvania)

William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718
UIG5419635 William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718. English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher

Quaker saints: Lois and her Nurse (colour litho)
8657174 Quaker saints: Lois and her Nurse (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lois and her Nurse)

Quaker saints: Dreaming of the Cot in the Vale (colour litho)
8657171 Quaker saints: Dreaming of the Cot in the Vale (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dreaming of the Cot in the Vale)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670074 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Photographic portrait John Cadbury (1802-1889) founder of Cadbury's cocoa an chocolate company
3118215 Photographic portrait John Cadbury (1802-1889) founder of Cadbury's cocoa an chocolate company. Dated 19th Century (b/w photo); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Trial of Guillaume (William) Penn (1644-1718) founder of Pennsylvania
NWI4951466 Trial of Guillaume (William) Penn (1644-1718) founder of Pennsylvania.; (add.info.: Trial of Guillaume (William) Penn (1644-1718) founder of Pennsylvania

Secession War or American Civil War (1861-1865): a Quaker cannon, a tree trunk cut and painted to appear as a cannon
NWI4831745 Secession War or American Civil War (1861-1865): a Quaker cannon, a tree trunk cut and painted to appear as a cannon, a Manassas (Virginia)

Meeting of Quaker in England during which Aminidel supported the Tory Clerk, Henry Sacheverell, 1710
NWI4958589 Meeting of Quaker in England during which Aminidel supported the Tory Clerk, Henry Sacheverell, 1710. Engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Monk parakeet or quaker parrot, Myiopsitta monachus, in a palm tree. Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri
FLO4597674 Monk parakeet or quaker parrot, Myiopsitta monachus, in a palm tree. Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri, and rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri

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"Quaker: A Legacy of Activism, Faith, and Equality" From the radical activism of Benjamin Lay in the mid-18th century to the peaceful worship gatherings captured in William Williams' paintings, Quakers have left an indelible mark on history. The image of the Pilgrim Fathers boarding the Mayflower symbolizes their quest for religious freedom and their role as pioneers in establishing a new society. In Philadelphia's Free Quaker Meeting House, we find a copy of The Declaration of Independence – a testament to how Quakers embraced democratic ideals and fought for independence. This spirit continued with Colonial families who were banished from Puritan Massachusetts due to their non-conformist beliefs. But it is not just political activism that defines Quakers; they also celebrate love and unity through ceremonies like the Quaker Wedding. In serene spaces like Lauron or Philadelphia's meeting houses, worshippers gather silently seeking spiritual connection. The influence of remarkable women such as Elizabeth Fry cannot be overlooked. Her tireless efforts in prison reform brought compassion and humanity into places like Newgate Prison, forever changing lives. Throughout history, images depict Quaker women spinning yarn within church walls – a reminder that simplicity and self-sufficiency are core values held dear by this community. And while silence may dominate during worship services, it is within these moments that profound connections are made with one another and with God. Quakers have always been at the forefront of social change – advocating for justice, equality, peace, and human rights. Their legacy continues to inspire us today as we strive towards building a better world rooted in faith and action.