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Robert Browning

(1812-1889), Poet; husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Early 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.

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Robert Browning, by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) - NPG x4826

Robert Browning

by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
photogravure, 1889
NPG x4826

Robert Browning, by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) - NPG x12535

Robert Browning

by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
photogravure, 1889
NPG x12535

Robert Browning, by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) - NPG x1501

Robert Browning

by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
platinum print on cream card mount, August 1889
NPG x1501

Robert Browning (Men of the Day. No. 116.'), by Carlo Pellegrini - NPG D43719

Robert Browning (Men of the Day. No. 116.')

by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 November 1875
NPG D43719

Robert Browning, after Sir William Blake Richmond - NPG D32237

Robert Browning

after Sir William Blake Richmond
collotype, (1888)
NPG D32237

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Robert Browning

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1880-1884
NPG x12560

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Robert Browning

by John C. Murdoch, after Elliott & Fry
carbon carte-de-visite, 1880-1884
NPG x197492

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Robert Browning

by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG x134719

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Robert Browning

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG x35373

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Robert Browning

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG x4828

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Robert Browning

by Elliott & Fry, after Herbert Rose Barraud
half-plate negative, 1888
NPG x82029

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