Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1 portrait by Julien M.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

by Julien M., printed by Lemercier, published by Henry Graves & Co, published by Victor Delarue, after Oscar Gustav Rejlander
lithograph, published August 1863
24 in. x 16 7/8 in. (609 mm x 429 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1952
Reference Collection
NPG D40520

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  • Victor Delarue (active 1863-1864), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 256 portraits.
  • Lemercier (active 1836-1856), Lithographic printer. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits.
  • Julien M. (active 1863), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813-1875), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 98 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Current affairs

The opening of the world's first underground railway, with the Metropolitan Railway running trains between Bishop's Street, Padington and Farringdon. Work had begun in 1860, using the 'cut-and-cover' method of construction. The Metropolitan line inspired the construction of other underground railways - the Parisian 'Metro' took its name from the line.
The Football Association is founded.

Art and science

Julia Margaret Cameron takes up photography, taking portraits of some of the most celebrated figures of the day, with her romantic style capturing the sense of nostalgia and longing that characterised the age.
Kingsley's Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for Children is published, the hugely popular tale of drowned chimney sweep Tom's moral education in the river world of the water babies. It inspired the 1978 film starring James Mason.

International

At an international conference, the Geneva Public Welfare Society calls on the sixteen nations present to form voluntary units to help the wartime wounded. The society, comprised of five Swiss citizens and led by Henri Dunant, who had been deeply affected by the casualties he had witnessed at the Battle of Solferino, became the National Red Cross Societies, adopting the emblem of a red cross on white background.

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