Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), Poet Laureate
Sitter in 86 portraits
Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, Tennyson was educated in Louth before attending Trinity College, Cambridge. His early life and poetry was greatly affected by the unexpected death of his close friend and prospective brother-in-law, Arthur Hallam, to whom Tennyson dedicated his 'In Memoriam'. Some of the best-known poems include 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', 'The Lady of Shalott' and the 'Idylls of the King', while those in dialect retain the language of his Lincolnshire youth. Tennyson was Britain's longest-serving Poet Laureate, from 1850 until his death forty-two years later. A great favourite of Queen Victoria, she awarded him a barony in 1883.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
attributed to James Spedding
pencil, circa 1831
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Samuel Laurence, and Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1840
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Thomas Woolner
plaster cast of medallion, 1856
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Mary Grant, after Thomas Woolner
marble bust, 1893 (1857)
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by James Mudd
albumen print, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1863-1864
On display in the Watts Hall of Fame at Bodelwyddan Castle
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by M. Arnault, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
chalk, (1864)
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by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1867
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1869
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1869
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Thomas Woolner
plaster cast of bust, 1873
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by William Henry Margetson, after a photograph by Herbert Rose Barraud
watercolour, 1891 (1882)
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Francis John Williamson
plaster cast of bust, 1893
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Oscar Gustave Rejlander
albumen print, early 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by William Jeffrey
albumen print on card mount, 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Oscar Gustave Rejlander
albumen print, early 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
after James Mudd
albumen carte-de-visite, (1861)
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by James Mudd
albumen print, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
after James Mudd
woodburytype, 1870s (1861)
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by James Mudd
woodburytype, 1861
NPG x13232
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by James Mudd, published by Cundall, Downes & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by James Mudd, published by Cundall, Downes & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by James Mudd
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, after 1862
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print on gold-edged cabinet, May 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, arched top, May 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, May 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, late 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Elliott & Fry
carbon print on card mount, late 1860s
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print on gold-edged cabinet, 1869
NPG x18054
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x26796
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x26798
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1870
NPG x12999
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12997
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x45210
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen carte-de-visite, Autum 1882
NPG x26785
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1883
NPG Ax17709
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon print, circa 1888
NPG x26788
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Henry Duff Linton, after Edmond Morin
wood engraving, circa 1845-1855
NPG D6944
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Vincent Brooks, after a photograph by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
line engraving, (1864)
NPG D6942
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1866
NPG D6943
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, published by Fine Art Society Ltd, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mixed-method engraving, published 1 May 1882 (1881)
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Harry Edwin
silhouette, circa 1887-1895
NPG D537
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