THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY - CLIPPED SIGNATURE - HFSID 56620
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THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
The writer and Whig politician signs this clipped slip of paper
Clipped Signature: "T B Macaulay" in black ink, 5x1¾. Thomas Babington Macaulay
(1800-1859) was a Whig Member of the British Parliament for most of the years between
1830 and 1859. As a member of colonial India's governing Supreme Council (1834-1838),
he championed the emergence of an English-speaking Indian elite that shared English values
and customs ("Macaulay's children"). He held various Cabinet posts, including Secretary of
War (1839-1841) and Paymaster-General (1846-1848). Even better known as a poet,
essayist and historian, he published a four-volume History of England, which sold widely and
eventually published in 13 languages. Macaulay's account, written in excellent prose,
treated English history as the gradual triumph of liberty and progress. His dramatic view of
history, replete with heroes and villains, was enormously popular in his time. Although his
elitism and the dismissive attitude he assumed toward the achievements of other cultures and
peoples have negatively affected his legacy, Macaulay's literary output continues to command
the respect of both critics and scholars alike. Toned. Light scuffing and staining concentrated
toward left-hand side of clipping. Mounting remnants on verso. "3" written in an unknown
hand at lower right-hand corner in pencil. Otherwise, fine condition.
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