Collection of four autograph letters from the Browning family and three prints : London, Torquay, and New York, 1838 Dec.-1879 July 30.

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Collection of four autograph letters from the Browning family and three prints : London, Torquay, and New York, 1838 Dec.-1879 July 30.

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This volume contains the following items, bound together for a collector: an engraved portrait of Robert Browning by Sartain (MA 7346.1); a letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Miss Thomson (MA 7346.2); a letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Miss Garrow (MA 7346.3); a letter from Robert Browning to Mr. Ralston (MA 7346.4); an engraved portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by J. Sartain (MA 7346.5); an engraved portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning "for The Eclectic by Perine & Giles NY" (MA 7346.6); Gems from Browning, 8 p., printed poems with decorative orange border (not cataloged separately); and a letter from Robert Browning (the poet's father) to Mr. Botheram (MA 7346.7). Items in the collection are described in individual records.

1 v. (7 items) : ill. ; 24.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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