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The late Thomas Carlyle, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
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The late Thomas Carlyle, 1881. Engraving, first published in 1864, after a photograph by Mr. W. Jeffrey, of the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher known as the 'sage of Chelsea'. 'He was a middle-aged man, approaching forty, before the period of his renown began...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. He indulged,...a most violent prejudice against the negro race; he could see no harm in West Indian slavery, and could not believe that the Jamaica revolt of 1865 was punished with undue severity and indiscriminate cruelty...We are quite sure that he was, at heart, one of the most just and kind, the most humane, devout, and conscientious of men; and we could quote from his writings a hundred passages breathing the sincerest spirit of piety, and a tender regard for the feeble and suffering in all classes of our fellow-creatures'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
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HRM25A43_175
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37,5Mo (2,7Mo) / 30,5cm x 30,8cm / 3607 x 3635 (300dpi)