Description

Description: A seated Charles Kingsley looks at ease, his elbow resting on a carved wooden table, prominent sideburns on display, in this original cabinet card photograph. Printed information on the mount indicates the photo was taken by Robert Thrupp “Photographer to the Queen” of Birmingham.

A pencil note on the verso indicates this photo of Canon Kingsley was taken in 1870. Overall: 6 1/2″ x 4 1/4″. Item #P00314

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was an Anglican clergyman who was highly critical of Catholicism. He was a fervent Anglo-Saxonist, sympathetic to the ideas of evolution, sought certain reforms but also supported the brutal English stronghold in Jamaica and hated the Irish, whom he looked down upon as “white Chimpanzees.” He was appointed chaplain to Queen Victoria (1859) and private tutor to the Prince of Wales (1861). His numerous books covered a broad range of topics from social reform to children’s books.

Condition: Scattered specks and light overall soil, generally good condition.