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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet (1834-90)
Thomas Carlyle (1794-1881) c.1850-94
Terracotta | 51.5 x 28.0 x 32.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 36979
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This terracotta figure of Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish historian, philosopher and essayist, is a reduction of the large bronze monument by Boehm, placed at Chelsea Embankement and unveiled in 1882.
Carlyle is shown seated in an open armchair, wearing a long coat and gazing pensively to the left with his crossed hands resting on his legs.
Carlyle was connected with the transatlantic slave trade and supported it politically.Provenance
Possibly acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Terracotta
Measurements
51.5 x 28.0 x 32.0 cm (whole object)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Read : Read, B., 1982. Victorian Sculpture, London & New Haven p 297
