Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 artistic portrait of the celebrated English poet and playwright in a seated pose by his son, Robert Barrett Browning, signed on the mount in fountain pen by the poet, "Robert Browning, Venice, Nov. 2, 1888." The print has the initials "RBB" and date "1885" in the lower corner; during this period, Robert Browning was living with his son in Italy. Framed to an overall size of 6.75 x 8.75, with frame backing bearing an affixed label from P. F. Madigan, a pioneering autograph dealer whose son Thomas Madigan wrote the classic book Word Shadows of the Great: The Lure of Autograph Collecting. In fine condition.
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