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:
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overall: 324 mm x 253 mm
- type:
- photograph and albumen print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- Sotheby's
