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Art Institute of Chicago

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Robert Browning — The Artist's Son, Barrett Browning

Robert Browning

The Artist's Son, Barrett Browning

1848

An albumen print portrait by the famous poet of his son, demonstrating how literary figures embraced photography as both artistic medium and family documentation.

Medium
Albumen print

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