Gems from Tennyson
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Object Number: 33.72.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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