Robert Browning
(1812-1889), Poet; husband of Elizabeth Barrett BrowningEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 53 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 Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x18064
by Julia Margaret Cameron, published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (1865)
NPG Ax29134
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1880s
NPG x193639
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880-1884
NPG x197079
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1880-1884
NPG x4818
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880
NPG x4822
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880-1884
NPG Ax18223
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, 1880-1884
NPG x9067
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG x4825
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG Ax17637
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x129582
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x76510
by Alexander Bassano
photogravure reproduction of a photograph, circa 1885
NPG Ax29926
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5418
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
sepia carbon print on blue card mount, published 1888
NPG x5176
Robert Browning; Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning
by Constance Barclay
halftone reproduction, 14 November 1889
NPG x200112
by William Henry Grove
platinum print, 1889
NPG x4820
by William Henry Grove
platinum print, 1889
NPG x4819
by William Henry Grove, published by Annan and Swan
photogravure mounted on white paper, 1889
NPG x4827
by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
platinum print, 1889
NPG x19812
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