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| Keywords: Alfred Tennyson by Rejlander, 1863.jpg Photograph Creator Oscar Gustave Rejlander Alfred Tennyson half-length holding hat seated in a high-backed wooden chair arch-topped albumen print depicted people Alfred Tennyson depicted place 1862 size mm 144 190 object history Album compiled by Rev F H Atkinson relating his family and acquaintances including the Tennyson family Julia Margaret Cameron Lewis Carroll Oscar Rejlander and locations on the Isle of Wight and Ceylon approximately 165 albumen prints mostly carte-de-visite portraits some views others larger - see below mounted between one and six per page mostly captioned many with cut signatures of sitters pasted beneath with a 3-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY JOHN RUSKIN mounted newspaper cuttings contemporary morocco later cloth wrappers with Atkinson arms embroidered on upper cover 4to c 1862-1890s The album was compiled by Reverend Francis Home Atkinson 1840-1901 of Morland Hall Westmorland He had gained a B A at Caius College in 1861 and was for a time private tutor to the Tennyson children He was an acquaintance of C L Dodgson contributing to College Rhymes when it was being edited by Dodgson who subsequently dedicated Rhyme and Reason 1883 to Atkinson's daughter Gertrude Atkinson had met his wife Edith in Jersey in 1868 and they married the following year In 1880 he was appointed curate of St Paul's Jersey and later All Souls Jersey In 1894 Reverend Francis Home Atkinson of St Helier Jersey one of the principle land-owners in the parish of Westmorland bought Morland Hall There are at least six photographs of Atkinson himself including a group taken at Cambridge in 1869 with his wife Edith and in-laws and Groups taken in Jersey 1868 ; the many photographs of his relatives include Robert Atkinson and his coolies Ceylon and two views of his Ceylon coffee estate captioned Morland Ambegamoa and one signed Scowen in the negative 182 x 230mm The Camerons of course had their own coffee plantations in Ceylon and named their Isle of Wight home Dimbola after one of them Other sitters are presumed friends neighbours or persons Atkinson admired John Herschel Walker Sons John Ruskin Elliot Fry Charles Kingsley cut signature below H W Longfellow Royal children possibly met whilst on Isle of Wight Charles Clinton Parry signed ; The Duchess of Atholl by William Notman signed in the negative ; Sir Graham Eden Hamond with one of his wife and daughter - all these by Camille Silvy see NPG Ax54341 for Graham Eden There are several views of houses including Atkinson's family home at Morland 4 and Tennyson's home at Farringford and 2 other Isle of Wight locations ProvenanceEvent 2013-11-12 sale Bonhams Knightsbridge London 191 exhibition history credit line accession number cite web Bonhams Auctions Lot 191 DODGSON CAMERON and REJLANDER - TENNYSON A fascinating album compiled by Rev F H Atkinson relating his family and acquaintances including photographs of the Tennyson family Julia Margaret Cameron Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Oscar Rejlander and locations on the Isle of Wight and Ceylon c 1862-1890s http //www bonhams com/auctions/20753/lot/191/ Bonhams December 6 2013 Public Domain PD-old-100 Alfred Lord Tennyson Oscar Gustave Rejlander 1863 portrait photographs Images from Bonhams | ||||
