Thomas Carlyle
after Thomas Woolner, RA (Hadleigh 1825 - London 1892)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1855 - 1857
Materials
Shell cameo
Measurements
44 x 39 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 263871
Summary
A shell cameo portrait relief with profile head of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) after a model by Thomas Woolner (1825-1892). Identical portrait type to the bronze relief dated 1857 (NT 263585) and the cast iron portrait of Carlyle by Thomas Woolner (NT 263804), after Woolner’s portrait medallion made in 1855. Possibly by James Ronca (1826-after 1908), the cameo engraver, who copied a number of Thomas Woolner's portrait medallions and exhibited them at the Royal Academy between 1865 and 1871. James Ronca's uncle lived next door to Jane and Thomas Carlyle at 6 Cheyne Row, and it was this address that James gave as his home address on the occasion of his marriage in 1852.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Dr G. M. E. Olive.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (Carlyle's House, Chelsea)
Makers and roles
after Thomas Woolner, RA (Hadleigh 1825 - London 1892), sculptor attributed to James Ronca (1826-after 1908), sculptor