Sujet
The late Thomas Carlyle, from a photograph by Vernon Heath, taken in 1862, (1881). Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The late Thomas Carlyle, from a photograph by Vernon Heath, taken in 1862, (1881). 'Few persons below middle age can now realise the effect and character of his literary influence - rather moral than intellectual - during the period of its conspicuous activity...He was thereby enabled to make political and ethical discussions immensely entertaining, while preserving the grimmest and most tremendous earnestness of tone and argument. That was Carlyle's method of winning popular attention...he mingled the sauce, adding such novel ingredients as his quaint tricks and queer freaks of language, to amuse readers who might not else have been tempted by any writings on so grave a subject...He was a middle-aged man, approaching forty, before the period of his renown began... Carlyle was one of the very few English literary men, fifty years ago, who occupied themselves with German poetry and romance...Upon many of the current topics of political controversy in his own day Carlyle's opinions, for want of the special experience and special knowledge inquired by statesmen, were enormously mistaken'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A42_275
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
48,8Mo (4,2Mo) / 31,7cm x 38,5cm / 3747 x 4550 (300dpi)