Froude James Anthony Ma Lld (2 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original oval portrait (taken from a photograph) inset in a decorative border, printed in 1876, mounted (matted) and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. James Anthony Froude (April 23, 1818 - October 20, 1894) was an English historian. …

A Mounted Oval Woodbury Type photograph of the English historian novelist and biographer. Froude intended to become a clergyman [ His brother had been one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement ] but doubts about the doctrines of the Anglican church, published in his scandalous 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith, drove him to abandon this career in favour of writing history, becoming one of the best known historians of his time for his History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada.There is an accompanying page of text and the full DNB entry is available if required.is an accompanying page of text and the full DNB entry is available if required.…