Collection items

A paper heart and memorial transcript from the Art...

Manuscript, Ephemera Created date: n.d.; estimated 1835 [transcript]

This poignant paper heart, possibly used as a marker, was cut out and kept with the family papers of Arthur Henry Hallam...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson and his friends: a series of...

Photograph, Image

Published in 1893, the year after Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s death, this book features a selection of Julia Margaret Camero...

Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'The Northern Farmer' with...

Book, Manuscript annotation Created date: estimated 1889

The poems ‘Northern Farmer: Old Style’ and ‘Northern Farmer: New Style’ were written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in 1864-65...

Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King, photographic...

Manuscript, Photograph, Illustration, Image Created date: 1875

In 1874 Alfred, Lord Tennyson asked Julia Margaret Cameron to photographically illustrate a new edition of Idylls of the...

Alfred Tennyson's notes on A New Study of Tennyson

Book, Manuscript annotation

In this extract we see Alfred Lord Tennyson interacting with a work of criticism on his own poetry. Throughout his caree...

'Experiments in Quantity', manuscript poems by Lor...

Manuscript Created date: 1863

The manuscript poems shown here, written in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s hand, are examples of Tennyson experimenting with cla...

First draft of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' b...

Manuscript, Draft Created date: 1854

This is the first draft of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', written in response to the eve...

Galley proof of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'...

Page proofs, Manuscript annotation Created date: 1854

This galley proof, meaning a version of a text used for review by authors and editors, shows Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem...

In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Book

The defining poem of the Victorian age  In Memoriam A.H.H. was written over a period of 17 years, from 1833 to 1850. Ove...

Letter to Alfred Tennyson from a fan

Manuscript, Letter, Ephemera Created date: unknown

Alfred Lord Tennyson held his position as Poet Laureate for nearly 50 years. During that time the poet became increasing...

Material relating to the Coronation of Queen Victo...

Ephemera

Victoria became Queen of the British Empire on 20 June 1837 when her uncle, William IV, died. She was just 18. The coron...

Notebook of Arthur Henry Hallam

Manuscript, Notebook Created date: 1830-31

Alfred Lord Tennyson described Arthur Henry Hallam as being ‘as near perfection as mortal man could be’. The two had met...

Photographic portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron

Photograph, Image

Ever since Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) pioneered the standard positive/negative process in the 1840s, there has been de...

Proof of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfr...

Manuscript, Page proofs Created date: 1854

This proof of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' is one of several drafts produced by the poe...

Queen Victoria’s album consolativum, with extracts...

Manuscript, Notebook Created date: 1862-86

These extracts of poetry are contained within Queen Victoria's album consolativum, compiled after the death of her husba...