Robert Browning (1812-1889), Poet; husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sitter in 45 portraits
Poet; published poems and plays from 1832; married Elizabeth Barrett, 1846; lived mostly in Italy until her death, 1861; published The Ring and the Book, 1868-9, Balaustion's Adventure, 1871, and Dramatic Idylls, 1879-80; one of the great poets of the nineteenth-century, pre-eminent for his intellectuality, and for his use of dramatic psychological monologues.
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
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by Alexander Bassano
photogravure reproduction of a photograph, circa 1885
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by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
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by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
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by Elliott & Fry, after Herbert Rose Barraud
half-plate negative, 1888
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (husband)
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