Matthew Arnold
(1822-1888), Poet, writer and inspector of schoolsSitter in 18 portraits
Poet and critic; son of Dr Thomas Arnold; first book of poems published 1849; inspector of schools from 1851; his Essays on Criticism, 1865, and Culture and Anarchy, 1869, in which he expounded his literary and social creed, were enormously influential.
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 9 November 1861
NPG Ax56335
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868-1873
NPG x197061
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax17801
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax18222
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x110
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1870s
NPG x82001
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x126744
by Elliott & Fry, published by Bickers & Son
woodburytype, published 1886 (circa 1883)
NPG Ax27807
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1883
NPG x109
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96458
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96459
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x126743
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, circa 1883
NPG x127404
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, circa 1883
NPG x82000
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, circa 1883
NPG x82002
Matthew Arnold ('Men of the Day, No. 36.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 November 1871
NPG D43509
Related People
- Frances Lucy ('Flu') Arnold (née Wightman) (wife)
- Thomas Arnold (father)
- Jane Martha Forster (née Arnold) (sister)
- Eleanor Mary Caroline (née Arnold), Viscountess Sandhurst (daughter)
- Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold) (niece)
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