Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

 

Name
Sandys, Anthony, 1806-1883 (Artist)
Sandys, Frederick, 1829-1904, formerly attributed to (Artist)
Elliot & Fry, after (Artist)
Title
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Accession Number
2000.06.006
Subjects
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Format
paintings
Culture
British (modern)
Genre
portraits
Origin Information
United Kingdom
Date
No date (19th century)
Physical Description
1 painting ; sight 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm), with frame: 17 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (44.5 x 38.6 cm)
Note (Medium/support)
Oil on canvas
Note (Ownership)
Gift of Dr. Calvin H. Plimpton and his mother Anne Hastings Plimpton, to the George A. Plimpton Collection
Note
This painting was acquired by George Plimpton as a work by Frederick Sandys, and was exhibited as such in the 1974 exhibition on that artist. New research shows this painting was by the artist's father, Anthony Sandys, and is after a photograph of the sitter by Elliott & Fry (c.1865).
Library Location
Art Properties, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
12755441
Also In
Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-5c5r-2p13