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Lot 231: TENNYSON, ALFRED, Lord (1809-1892, poet)

Name: TENNYSON, ALFRED, Lord (1809-1892, poet)
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: 5b36002b12

Est: £500 GBP - £600 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMarch 29, 2011

Item Overview

Description

PORTRAIT BY HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1896), vintage photograph, Woodburytype, three-quarter length, seated, wearing his hat, monocle suspended from his neck, watch-chain hanging from his lapel, a copy of the Macmillan edition of Homer's Odyssey in his lap, framed and glazed, size of image 11½ x 8½ inches (29 x 21.5 cm), mount 18½ x 15 inches (47 x 38 cm) [1888]

Artist or Maker

? Alfred

Notes

This famous image of Tennyson is from Men and Women of the Day. An example of it is in the National Portrait Gallery. A copy of the Macmillan Odyssey, 1887, with his signature on the flyleaf is listed as being in Tennyson's library (Tennyson in Lincoln, compiled by Nancie Campbell, 1971, vol. i. number 1178).

Auction Details

Papers & Portraits: The Roy Davids Collection Part II

Bonhams

March 29, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

London, LDN, UK

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