Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879)
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Collection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 263483
Summary
A framed etching of a photograph of Thomas Carlyle taken by Julia Margaret Cameron with an inscription underneath reading 'T. Carlyle'. There is a handwritten quotation from Carlyle on the reverse 'Light in Darkness - The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough'.
Provenance
Presented to the Carlyle's House collection by Mrs Heather Henderson. The photograph had been in the possession of her father, Sir Robert Menzies KT.CH.AK, Prime Minister of Australia 1939-41
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'T. Carlyle', on reverse - 'Light in Darkness - The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough'
Makers and roles
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879), photographer