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In 1857 Edward Moxon published a new edition of Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson illustrated by William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and John Everett Millais. Their striking Pre-Raphaelite designs puzzled the author and many readers but by 1866 were seen as iconic.
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Title: Gems from Tennyson
Author:
Alfred Tennyson (British, Somersby, Lincolnshire 1809–1892 Surrey)
Illustrator:
Charles A. Barry (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1830–1892)
Illustrator:
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1822–1888 Claymont, Delaware)
Illustrator:
Sol Eytinge Jr. (American, 1833–1905 Bayonne, New Jersey)
Illustrator:
William John Hennessy (Irish, Thomastown, Kilkenny 1839–1917 Rudgwick, Sussex)
Illustrator:
Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
Illustrator:
William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London)
Illustrator:
Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
Engraver:
Henry Marsh (American, 1826–1912)
Illustrator:
Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
Illustrator:
William Trost Richards (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833–1905 Newport, Rhode Island)
Illustrator:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828–1882 Birchington-on-Sea)
Engraver:
Andrew Varick Stout Anthony (American, New York 1835–1906 West Newton, Massachusetts)
Engraver:
William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
Engraver:
Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
Publisher:
Ticknor and Fields (American, Boston, Massachusetts)
Date: 1866
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (22.5 x 15.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number: 33.72.2
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