Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) on his 84th Birthday
Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (Swadlincote 1848 - Haslemere 1926)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1879
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
171 x 140 mm (6 x 3/4 x 5 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 263727
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) on his 84th Birthday by Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (Swadlincote 1848 - Haslemere 1926) (4th February 1879). sgd. Bought from Michael Bryan at the Alpine Gallery for the National Trust by the NACF for £550 - July 1980
Provenance
Purchased from the Alpine Gallery (Michael Bryan), with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund, July 1980
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse of frame - 'Carlyle as we found him when we called at Cheyne Row on his 84th birthday, H.A.'.
Makers and roles
Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (Swadlincote 1848 - Haslemere 1926), publisher