Alfred Tennyson, about 1867

Alfred Tennyson

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Alfred Tennyson
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A photographic portrait of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This 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.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1984-5017/6
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 324 mm x 253 mm
type:
photograph and albumen print
credit:
Sotheby's