An evocative image of the influential Scottish-born Victorian philosopher, essayist, and historian. Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, bust-length, in profile, wearing a grey coat. Albumen photograph, 10.2 x 14 cm, laid down to board, 20.4 x 25.4 cm overall. Though unsigned, the National Portrait Gallery (London) identifies the photographer of this portrait as the Victorian photography studio founded in 1863 by Joseph Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry. Edges of the mount chipped, otherwise in fine condition.
Medal commemorating Walt Whitman's centenary year made by the Franklin Inn Club. Bronze medallion of Whitman with the inscription "Walt Whitman 1819-1919, The Franklin Inn Club.”, signed with monogram, 1919. 5'' [102 mm] diameter. In fine condition with a hanging clip on the verso.