James Anthony Froude (1818-1894), Historian
Sitter in 24 portraits
A fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, Froude was ordained deacon in 1845. Becoming increasingly frustrated with the views of the High Church, he published The Nemesis of Faith in 1849. The book caused a scandal and, at the college's request, he resigned his fellowship at Oxford. From then on, he mainly supported himself by writing. The first two volumes of his History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada appeared in 1856, and it was completed in 1870. He returned to Oxford in 1892 as Regius Professor of Modern History. Froude wrote a controversially frank biography of Thomas Carlyle, in which he made public his belief that the marriage was unconsummated.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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by Sir George Reid
oil on canvas, 1881
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by John Edward Goodall
chalk, circa 1890
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by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, circa 1860
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
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by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868 or before
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868 or before
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by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
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by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate negative on half-plate collodion glass negative, mid 1880s
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by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate negative on half-plate collodion glass negative, mid 1880s
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by Elliott & Fry, published by Bickers & Son
woodburytype on album page mount, published 1886
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by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print on card mount, published May 1890
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1890
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by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
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by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
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Scholarship and Research
Groups
Historians
Place
Oxfordshire
