Woolner at Farringford, 1857 (original) (raw)
Woolner at Farringford, 1857
Mrs. Tennyson: "You know, Mr. Woolner, I'm one of the most un-meddlesome of women; but — when (I'm only asking), when do you begin modelling his halo?"
Max Beerbohm
1922
Rossetti and His Circle, Plate 8
5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches
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Beerbohm drew upon two photographs that Thomas Woolner, the sculptor who was an original member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, published in his memoirs. The first, a medallion, of poet in profile provided Tennyson's face and the second, a photograph of the sculptor working on a bust of the Poet Laureate, provided visual information for the rest of the caricature.
Bibliography
Beerbohm, Max. Rossetti and His Circle. London: William Heinemann, 1922.
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