Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 28 September 1857
5 1/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (130 mm x 99 mm)
Purchased, 1977
Primary Collection
NPG P40
Sitterback to top
- Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson (1852-1928), Governor General of Australia and biographer. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898), Photographer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
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- Prodger, Phillip, Victorian Giants, The Birth of Art Photography, 2018 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 1 March - 20 May 2018), p. 114
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- A Century of Photography, 1840-1940 (17 October 2016 - 29 October 2017)
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