Charles Robert Ashbee
Architect and designer (1863-1942)
In 1888 the architect and designer Charles Robert Ashbee established craft workshops called the Guild of Handicraft in East London. In 1902 he moved the workshops to the little town of Chipping Campden, hoping for a better life for his craftsmen. The Guild itself went into liquidation in 1908, but Ashbee's bold gesture transformed the history of the town, for it brought the Arts and Crafts movement to Chipping Campden.
Portrait photograph by Lloyd Wright