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
A copy of a plaster bust by William Wetmore Story made in May 1861.
Description
Content (person)
Robert Browning (1812-1889) (Sitter)
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)
