Quaker Collection

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

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

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

MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699 / 1700). American Quaker from Long Island, as a teenager
MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699/1700)

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

Quaker George Fox talking with women in a field, 1600s. 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

WILLIAM PENN (1644-1718). Founder of colony of Pennsylvania. Penn and his company of colonists sailing for the New World from England aboard the Welcome, August 1682

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

Red-line quaker, clouded buff and flounced chestnut
Red-line quaker, Agrochola lota, clouded buff, Diacrisia sannio, and flounced chestnut, Agrochola helvola. Phalaena lota, russula, Bombyx ruffina

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
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)

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)

Col. David Barclay
3330060 Col. David Barclay; (add.info.: Engraving of Col)

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)

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
UIG5419635 William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718

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

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.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Monk parakeet or quaker parrot
FLO4597674 Monk parakeet or quaker parrot, Myiopsitta monachus, in a palm tree

Quaker meeting, London, c1893. Young man declaring his intention to marry to meeting of the Society of Friends
530215 Quaker meeting, London, c1893. Young man declaring his intention to marry to meeting of the Society of Friends. Engraving; Universal History Archive/UIG

Chained Bible and Fox's Chair (b/w photo)
8651399 Chained Bible and Fox's Chair (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chained Bible and Fox's Chair)

Sir John Tenniel cartoon: The Quaker and the Bauble (engraving)
8657244 Sir John Tenniel cartoon: The Quaker and the Bauble (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Quaker and the Bauble)

The Pilgrim's Vision illustration from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
5668959 The Pilgrim's Vision illustration from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain; (add.info)

Quakers attending a meeting
5307374 Quakers attending a meeting.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Quakers attending a meeting)

Elizabeth Betsy Fry, 1780 - 1845
2638473 Elizabeth Betsy Fry, 1780 - 1845, nee Gurney. English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist

Elizabeth Fry (born Gurney - 1780 - 1845)
2603654 Elizabeth Fry (born Gurney - 1780 - 1845); (add.info.: Elizabeth Fry (born Gurney - 1780 - 1845) English Quaker (Society of Friends) prison reformer, with Anna Buxton

Quaker saints: A Friends Meeting (colour litho)
8657167 Quaker saints: A Friends Meeting (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Friends Meeting)

William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker colonist
530236 William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker colonist, treating with Native Americans on the site of what is now Philadelphia. Woodcut, 1830; Universal History Archive/UIG

Quaker saints: The Boyhood of George Fox (colour litho)
8657173 Quaker saints: The Boyhood of George Fox (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boyhood of George Fox)

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William Penn's treaty with the Lenape Native American Indians in 1681
UIG5419628 William Penn's treaty with the Lenape Native American Indians in 1681. William Penn, 1644 - 1718

William Penn arrives in Upland
2956615 William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718

William Penn house, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. between 1900 and 1906

Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa. c1908

Alice Paul, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alice Paul, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alice Paul, 1917. American Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist - one of the leaders of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S

Alice Paul, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alice Paul, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alice Paul, 1913

Rag Doll, c. 1939. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Rag Doll, c. 1939

Quaker Costume Doll, 1935/1942. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Quaker Costume Doll, 1935/1942

Quaker Doll, c. 1940. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Quaker Doll, c. 1940

Milton Dictating to Ellwood the Quaker, 1804/05. Creator: James Barry
Milton Dictating to Ellwood the Quaker, 1804/05

The fame that came from a cobbler's shop (litho)
976608 The fame that came from a cobbler's shop (litho) by Skinner, Edward Frederick (1865-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fame that came from a cobbler's shop)

William Penn (1644-1718) english quaker founder of Pennsylvania state in 1682 (engraving)
NWI4951412 William Penn (1644-1718) english quaker founder of Pennsylvania state in 1682 (engraving) by Unknown Artist

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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.