$3,290
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892), Signed large format portrait photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, [1865], signed and inscribed by Cameron, "From Life Registered Photograph Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron, Freshwater, I(sle) of W(ight), tombstone shaped format, 10 by 8 in. , framed. Note: According to Mike Weaver in Whisper of the Muse: The Overstone Album & Other Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron , J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1986, "Abbot Samson, the 12th century hero of Carlyle's Past and Present , may be the source of the portrait of Alfred Tennyson with a book. This picture has become known as 'The Dirty Monk,' possibly because Tennyson saw at once how Cameron had treated him, and made a joke out of it."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-10-30
