A photographic portrait of the poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1866. This albumen print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.
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- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1984-5017/74
- Measurements:
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image: 267 mm x 222 mm
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- object genre
- image
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
- copyright:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
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