Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Artist
Julia Margaret Cameron(British, born India, 1815–1879)British, born India, 1815–1879
CultureBritish
Titles
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Date1865
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 10 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.7 × 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.7 × 20.5 cm)
Mount: 22 7/8 × 18 3/16 in. (58.2 × 46.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.7 × 20.5 cm)
Mount: 22 7/8 × 18 3/16 in. (58.2 × 46.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.338
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Poet Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892) was widely published and
admired by 1850, when Queen Victoria named him poet laureate to succeed William
Wordsworth. “The Lady of Shalott,” “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” and Idylls
of the King are among his best-remembered works.
Tennyson, who lived next door to Julia Margaret Cameron on the Isle of Wight, dubbed
this portrait “The Dirty Monk.”
Cameron gave this print to her son-in-law Charles Norman
who, with his wife, had given Cameron her first camera as a Christmas present
in 1863. The artist inscribed this print “For Charlie Norman with his
Mother’s love.”
ProvenanceThe artist; given to Charles and Julia Norman; […]; [Lowinski Gallery, New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, May 18, 1989; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, recto of mount, beneath lower left of image: From life registered photograph copyright Julia Margaret Cameron
Inscribed in black ink, recto of mount, beneath lower center of image: A Tennyson
Inscribed in black ink, recto of mount, lower right: For Charlie Norman with his Mother's love. This is the photograph he likes the best he calls it the Dirty Monk
Blind stamp lower center of mount recto: Registered Photograph // sold by // Messrs Colnaghi // 14 Pall Mall East // London
Inscribed in black ink, recto of mount, beneath lower center of image: A Tennyson
Inscribed in black ink, recto of mount, lower right: For Charlie Norman with his Mother's love. This is the photograph he likes the best he calls it the Dirty Monk
Blind stamp lower center of mount recto: Registered Photograph // sold by // Messrs Colnaghi // 14 Pall Mall East // London
Catalogue raisonné2003, plate 796
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Julia Margaret Cameron
1867, assembled 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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Julia Margaret Cameron
1868, assembled 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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