6040382 William Godwin, 16/11/1801 (pastel on grey paper) by Sharples, James (1751-1811); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: 16/11/1801 A framed colour drawing on paper, showing: a half-length portrait in profile of William Godwin (1756-1836), journalist, novelist, and political philosopher, who founded \'Philosophical Anarchism\', a school of thought that promoted an individualist and peaceful challenge to the legitimacy of the state; he was also the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), whom he married in 1797, six months before her death whilst giving birth to Mary Godwin (later Mary Shelley, 1797-1851); in William Godwin\'s meticulous diary, he records that he sat for a portrait by James Sharples (Senior) on 16th November, 1801; at this time, Sharples was living in Bath and Godwin in London, although he also recorded that spent two or three weeks a year in Bath); by Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives ; Purchased 1931.