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Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature]

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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Print Collection portrait file

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Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson.

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Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature]

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Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature]
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Print Collection portrait file

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Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson.

Portraits

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1893 (Inferred)
Publisher: The Century Co.
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Topics
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
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Clippings
Portraits
Notes
Content: "The Century gallery of one hundred portraits, Tennyson: Plate LXXII. Copyright, 1893, by The Century Co."--Printed at lower left
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Other local Identifier: Portrait file
TMS ID: 423422
TMS Object Number: Portraits (Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson).0014
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 953d0220-6339-0130-ef68-58d385a7b928
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1893: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1893. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6344ac20-7dc9-0130-b743-58d385a7b928

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6344ac20-7dc9-0130-b743-58d385a7b928

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1893). Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature] Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6344ac20-7dc9-0130-b743-58d385a7b928

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6344ac20-7dc9-0130-b743-58d385a7b928 | title= (still image) Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature], (1893) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 7, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Love took up the harp of life, & smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self that, trembling, past in music out of sight. Tennyson Augt. 24th, 1892.[signature]