Jeremiah Harman

He may himself be said to have stood at the head of London city, both as to mercantile and private character; liberal in his dealings, and inspiring confidence by his honor and integrity, as well as love for his personal qualities.

[8] So there are ties with abolition in this 1787 subscription,[9] but he was also close friends and long time business partner with Samuel Hoare Jr, abolitionist.

[8] In June 2020 the Bank of England issued a public apology for the involvement of Harman, amongst other employees, in the slave trade following the investigation by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership.

So much so in fact that the renowned painter and collector Charles Lock Eastlake dedicated the translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours to Jeremiah.

A work that was so well-loved that it ended up landing Eastlake the titles of secretary of the Fine Arts Commission and Keeper of the National Gallery of London.

After his father's death in 1817,[15] Harman inherited Higham House in Woodford,[16] to the north of London, which had considerably more wall space; this, in turn, led to his collection increasing in size.

Harman was present at almost all the councils connected with charitable institutions in London, and his father and himself were amongst the founders and chief patrons of the Philanthropic Society in St. George's Fields, c.