Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(1809-1892), Poet LaureateAlfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 97 portraits
Born in Lincolnshire, Tennyson studied in Louth before attending Trinity College, Cambridge. His early life and poetry were greatly affected by the unexpected death of his friend Arthur Hallam, his elegy to whom, In Memoriam, secured his fame. Tennyson was Britain's longest-serving Poet Laureate and the most popular poet of his age. On being awarded a barony by Queen Victoria in 1883, he became the first British writer to be raised to the Peerage. Tennyson's poetry is celebrated for its lyricism and psychological intensity. His Arthurian poems such as The Lady of Shalott (1832) and Idylls of the King (1859) inspired Pre-Raphaelite artists, while those in dialect retain the language of his Lincolnshire youth.
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, arched top, May 1865
NPG x18024
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, May 1865
NPG x44991
by Julia Margaret Cameron, published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (May 1865)
NPG Ax29131
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, May 1865
NPG x18023
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x5887
by Julia Margaret Cameron, published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (1866)
NPG Ax29132
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x12996
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG x26799
by Julia Margaret Cameron
carbon print, 1867
NPG x44992
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, late 1860s
NPG x126171
by Elliott & Fry
carbon print, late 1860s
NPG x126801
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print on gold-edged cabinet, 1869
NPG x18054
by J.J. Waddington Ltd, after Julia Margaret Cameron
photogravure, (1869)
NPG x26789
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax11942
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax39844
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax46262
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x26794
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x26795
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x26796
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x26798
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1870
NPG x12999
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12997
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x45210
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x139663
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1882
NPG x26785
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, late 1882
NPG x26786
by Walker & Boutall, after Herbert Rose Barraud
photogravure, (1882)
NPG x26787
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1883
NPG Ax17709
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (1884?)
NPG Ax29149
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon print, circa 1888
NPG x26788
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
sepia carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5430
Various writers, historians and philanthropists
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
NPG Ax139908
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197047
by Henry Duff Linton, after Edmond Morin
wood engraving, circa 1845-1855
NPG D6944
by James Stephenson, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Scott & Co, after George Frederic Watts
line engraving, published 1 February 1862
NPG D40522
by Julien M., printed by Lemercier, published by Henry Graves & Co, published by Victor Delarue, after Oscar Gustav Rejlander
lithograph, published August 1863
NPG D40520
by Vincent Brooks, after a photograph by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
line engraving, (1864)
NPG D6942
after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1866
NPG D6943
Alfred, Lord Tennyson ('Men of the Day, No. 28.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 July 1871
NPG D43493
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson ('Alfred the Considerable')
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 6 November 1872
NPG D48313
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