Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (1852 - 1911)

RA Collection: Art

Lord Dufferin invited Tennyson's son Lionel and his wife Eleanor to India when he was Viceroy in 1885. Tragically Lionel was to fall seriously ill and died the following year on the voyage back to Britain. In 1889 Tennyson was to write 'To the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava' a poem which addressed his son's death.

Object details

Title

Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

Photographed by

Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (1852 - 1911)

Printed by

Henry Herschel Hay Cameron? (1852 - 1911) and J.C. Smith?

From

Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends A Series of 25 Portraits and Frontispiece in Photogravure From The Negatives Of Mrs. Julia Margaret Cameron And H.H.H. Cameron Reminiscences By Anne Thackeray Ritchie With Introduction by H.H. Hay Cameron

Object type

Photogravure

Place of Production

London

Medium

Photogravure

Dimensions

245 mm x 199 mm

Collection

Royal Academy of Arts

Object number

12/734

This image is from a book

Alfred, Lord Tennyson And His Friends A Series of 25 Portraits and Frontispiece In Photogravure From The Negatives Of Mrs. Julia Margaret Cameron And H.H.H. Cameron Reminiscences By Anne Thackeray Ritchie With Introduction By H.H. Hay Cameron - London: 1893

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