FDA-Sc.99-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.99-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
Robert Browning
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Bronze bust of a man with a beard
Comments
This is a copy of a plaster bust by William Wetmore Story, made in May 1861.
Description
Content (person)
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 600mm
width (actual size): 380mm
depth (actual size): 240mm
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width (actual size): 380mm
depth (actual size): 240mm
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Material
bronze
Production
Person
Story, William Wetmore, 1819 - 1895 (Source artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned for Casa Guidi by the Browning Institute in 1931; by whom Casa Guidi and its contents were transferred to Eton College in 1992
References
• Kelley, P. & Coley, B. (eds.), The Browning Collections: A Reconstruction, 1984 (p. 464, no. G26)
