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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 (1868–1869), Balaustion's Adventure (1871), and Dramatic Idylls (1879–1880); one of the great poets of the nineteenth century, pre-eminent for his intellectuality, and for his use of dramatic psychological monologues. Although he is not much read today, Browning is regarded as one of the greatest Victorian poets. This portrait of him was commissioned by an American admirer, Sophia Eckley, when Browning and his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning were living in Florence. Mrs Eckley was determined that it would be the best available likeness of him and wrote on the stretcher that Browning described it as an 'Incomparable Portrait by far the best ever taken'.
Title
Robert Browning
Date
1858
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 72.4 x W 58.7 cm
Accession number
1898
Acquisition method
Given by Florence Barclay, 1921
Work type
Painting
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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Richard Bethell (1800–1873), 1st Baron Westbury, Lord Chancellor Government Art Collection -
Lady Gertrude Lucia Egerton (1861–1943), Countess of Albemarle National Trust, Tatton Park -
Elizabeth Barrett Browning National Portrait Gallery, London -
Robert Browning National Portrait Gallery, London -
Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury National Portrait Gallery, London -
Wilbraham Egerton (1832–1909), Earl & 2nd Baron Egerton of Tatton National Trust, Tatton Park -
Josephine Catherine Denise Carré (d.1907), Lady Reeve De la Pole National Trust, Shute Barton - 1 more