Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Thomas Carlyl
A Japanese woodblock print shows a man in a brown coat and red waistcoat, arms flung up in alarm, standing on a stool beside a wooden chest of drawers filled with books, while flames consume scattered papers at lower left and a grey dog watches at right. A column of Japanese text runs along the upper left.
Look closer: A grey dog with a raised front paw stands at the right edge, watching the fire.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2807 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1880).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
![The theory of the earth: containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things. The two first books, concerning the deluge and concerning paradise / [Thomas Burnet].](/t/0ee270.jpg)
