Thomas Carlyle
1 portrait matching these criteria:
- npg number matching '1002'
Thomas Carlyle
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1868
26 in. x 21 in. (660 mm x 533 mm)
Given by George Frederic Watts, 1895
Primary Collection
NPG 1002
Sitter
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Historian and essayist. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
Artist
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor. Artist associated with 71 portraits, Sitter in 38 portraits.
This Portrait
Carlyle famously complained of Watts's portrait that it was decidedly the most insufferable picture that has yet been made of me, a delirious looking mountebank full of violence, awkardness, atrocity, and stupidity...the fault of Watts is a passionate pursuit of strength.
Linked Publications
Sound Guide
Cooper, John, Visitor's Guide, 2000, p. 78
Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 88
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 104
Subject/Theme
On display in Room 26 at the National Portrait Gallery
