As part of the 2025 Festival of History, join Jim Cheshire, cultural historian and Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln, for his public lecture which will explore Alfred Tennyson’s fluctuating relationship with artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Jim is a member of the Nineteenth Century Research Group.

While the Pre-Raphaelites loved Tennyson’s poetry, he was more guarded about the way that they interpreted his poems, which led to an interesting creative tension between artists and author.

This lecture will discuss paintings and book illustrations by J. E. Millais, William Holman Hunt and some lesser known figures associated with the movement. Many of the works discussed will be from the collections of the Tennyson Research Centre in Lincoln.

Date: Mon, 5 May 2025

Time: 10:00 – 10:45 BST. Doors at 9:30am

Location: MB3201, Minerva Building

REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tennyson-and-the-pre-raphaelites-tickets-1310279494239?aff=erelpanelorg

Find out more about the Festival of History 2025: www.visitlincoln.com/lincoln-festival-of-history.