English School, circa 1840

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English School, circa 1840
A Couple traditionally identified as Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: he, facing right in black coat and waistcoat, white shirt; she, facing right in low-cut black dress trimmed with lace, her hair in ringlets
gilt-metal frame with chased and engraved foliate border set into rectangular frames
ovals, 2in. (51mm.) high
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Lot Essay

The English poets, Robert Browning (1812-1889) and Elizabeth Barrett (1806-161), met after Miss Barrett published Poems in 1844 which attracted the attention of Mr. Browning. They married two years later and lived for the next fifteen years in seclusion, mainly in Italy.

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