© National Trust Photographic Library/ Michael Boys
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle on his Eighty-Fourth Birthday
Artist: Helen Allingham (1848 - 1926)
Location: Carlyle's House
Date: 1878
Materials: watercolour
Dimensions: 17 x 14 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £550 (Total: £550)
Vendor: Michael Bryan
Review number: 2812 (1980)
Description:
Carlyle, lying on a sofa in the drawing-room of his home in Cheyne Row. Signed, and inscribed by the artist on the back of the frame: 'Carlyle as we found him when we called at Cheyne Row on his 84th birthday. H.A.' Carlyle told Allingham's husband: 'Your wife is the only person who has made a successful portrait of me, though many have tried'.
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