Alfred Tennyson with his Sons

1865

Julia Margaret Cameron

Associated Names
Julia Margaret Cameron

Artist, British, 1815 - 1879

The image shows three people from the waist up. The central figure is a seated older man with a beard and long, wavy hair. He is wearing a dark coat over a white shirt with a dark tie. On either side of him are two younger individuals with long, wavy hair. The person on the right appears to have curly hair and is wearing a dark coat with large, white buttons and a large white collar. The person on the left has similar attire, also featuring a white collar. Both are standing slightly behind the seated man. They are positioned closely together. The background is dark and plain.

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.1 × 21.3 cm (9 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 38 × 28.7 cm (14 15/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.18.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography, London); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by artist, below image in ink: From Life, Alfred Tennyson with his Sons Hallam and Lionel, Julia Margaret Cameron
by artist, lower left in ink: 7/6


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