Thomas Chalmers
(1780-1847), First Moderator of the Free ChurchSitter in 10 portraits
Chalmers was ordained as a minister in 1803. After reading Wilberforce's Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System (1797), he adopted the evangelical position. His evangelical preaching made him famous in Glasgow. In 1823, he took the Chair of Moral Philosophy at St. Andrews University, later becoming Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University. He gained recognition as a leader of the Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland, who desired independence for the Church. The conflict led to the Disruption of 1843, when a group of 203 commissioners walked out of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Chalmers was made Moderator of the new Free Church of Scotland.
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(6)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(5)
by Andrew Elliott, after Antoine Claudet
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s (1840-1847)
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after David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
carbon print, 1843-1848; published 1928
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by William Home Lizars
line engraving, published circa 1843
NPG D16068
by Edward Burton, after Thomas Duncan
mezzotint, published 1845
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by James Faed the Elder, printed by William Wilding, published by James Keith, after John Faed
mezzotint, published April 1849
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by James Faed the Elder, printed by William Wilding, published by James Keith, after John Faed
mezzotint, published April 1849
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Robin H Rodger
25 October 2016, 15:47
NPG D16068
You appear to have this catalogued as by Daniel Lizars whereas the work is that of his son William Home Lizars HRSA (1788-1859)