An album of 50 silhouettes, all except one probably by Maria Arthington, mostly depicting members of the Society of Friends living in Leeds and district. ca. 1810-1820.

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An album of 50 silhouettes, all except one probably by Maria Arthington, mostly depicting members of the Society of Friends living in Leeds and district. ca. 1810-1820.

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Arthington, Maria, -1863

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...