The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Alfred Tennyson
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
It was in a secret society at Cambridge that he met Arthur Hallam, a young poet engaged to his sister. This friend's sudden death at 22 inspired In Memoriam.
Photo: Julia Margaret Cameron / Adam Cuerden (Public domain)
John Atkinson Grimshaw
English painter (1836-1893)
His speciality was the night. In the 1880s this Leeds painter mostly depicted moonlit docks, from London to Glasgow.
Photo: Unknown author (Public domain)
Mary Ann Bevan
Side show performer, nurse (1874–1933)
A nurse and mother, she developed acromegaly at 32 and it transformed her face. She lost her job and agreed to be shown as "the ugliest woman in the world" to support her family.
Photo: Unknown author (Public domain)