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.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Robert Browning
by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
bronze cast of clasped hands, 1853
NPG 3165
by Michele Gordigiani
oil on canvas, 1858
NPG 1898
by Field Talfourd
chalk, 1859
NPG 1269
by Fratelli D'Alessandri
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1860
NPG P1093
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1866
NPG 1001
by (Wilhelm Augustus) Rudolf Lehmann
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 839
by Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
platinum print, 1889
NPG P147
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4823
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4824
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17799
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39903
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax21893
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax27734
by Ernest Edwards
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax7521
by Ernest Edwards, published by Lovell Reeve & Co
albumen print, published 1863
NPG Ax13835
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1865
NPG x197080
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1865
NPG x197493
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1865
NPG Ax5076
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x74634
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x4821
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