Margaret Aitken, Mrs James Carlyle (1771-1853)
Maxwell of Dumfries (d. c.1844)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1842
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
902 x 711 mm (35 1/2 x 28 in)
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Carlyle's House, London
NT 263713
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Margaret Aitken, Mrs James Carlyle (1771-1853) the Mother of Thomas Carlyle by Maxwell of Dumfries (d. 1842), 1842. In 1881 this portrait hung in Carlyle's bedroom. Lent by Mrs Harland and Mrs Mitchell.
Provenance
Lent by Mrs Harland and Mrs Mitchell; The Mitchell Bequest, October 2004. The items had formerly been on long term loan from Mrs D.H. Arthur Mitchell, Thomas Carlyle's granddaughter.
Credit line
Carlyle’s House, Chelsea (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Maxwell of Dumfries (d. c.1844), publisher