Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Arthur Hugh Clough NPG 1694

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Woolner

A poet whose work reflects the perplexity and religious doubt of mid-nineteenth century England. He was a friend of Matthew Arnold and the subject of Arnold's commemorative elegy 'Thyrsis'. In 1829, he entered Rugby school. Thomas Arnold had just taken over as headmaster of Rugby the year before, and Clough rapidly became one of his favourites. While at Oxford, Clough had intended to become a clergyman, but his increasing religious scepticism caused him to leave the university. He became Principal of University Hall, London,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.