- Artist
- Thomas Woolner 1825–1892
- Medium
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- Support, circular: 260 × 260 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1988
- Reference
- T05515
Display caption
Woolner was the only sculptor in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This plaster cast is one of the best-known portrait reliefs of the poet Alfred Tennyson. Woolner considered it the best portrait roundel he had ever made, even though he had to adapt it to appease the poet’s wife, Emily, who requested that he shorten the nose to ennoble the profile. Tennyson’s poetry was a rich source of inspiration to the Pre-Raphaelites.
Gallery label, November 2016
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