Thomas Robert Malthus Portrait Print
Thomas Robert Malthus NPG D13689
© National Portrait Gallery, London
probably by Amable Nicolas Fournier, printed by Drouart, after John Linnell
The ideas of Thomas Malthus dominated social policy debates concerning poverty in the early nineteenth century and laid the foundations for scientific population studies. Malthus was an unknown curate when he anonymously published his controversial Essays on the Principle of Population (1798). He argued that progressive legislation would never succeed in bringing general happiness because poverty was a consequence of population growth. This challenged the assumptions of eighteenth century social theory which associated populousness with prosperity and national power. Malthus's opinions were instrumental in shaping... more
Extra small 102mm x 153mm £6.00
Small 297mm x 210mm £15.00
Medium 483mm x 329mm £30.00
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Small: Depth 23mm / Height 332mm / Width 245mm
Medium: Depth 23mm / Height 517mm / Width 362mm
