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Description: | A photographic portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867, and entitled 'Carlyle like a rough block of Michel Angelo's Sculpture'. This print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron as a gift for her close friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). It is titled by Cameron in the index at the back of the Herschel Album. Thomas Carlyle was the most celebrated historian of his day. His most popular work, 'The French Revolution' was published in 1837. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | albumen print wet collodion negative photograph | Temporal: | 1867 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-1879) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20047 | Go to resource |
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