Thomas Carlisle, 80th Birthday, 1875, bronze portrait medal by G. T. Morgan after Boehm, in high relief, 51mm (BHM 3006). Extremely fine (£20-25)

Thomas Carlisle (1795-1881), essayist and historian. Educated at the Parish school, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Anon Academy and Edinburgh University. He died at his home in Chelsea in 1881 but was buried in the churchyard at Ecclefechan.