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Rose Petals from Robert Browning's Funeral Bier

primary Katherine de Kay Bronson (New York, 1834 - 1901, Florence)

Date1889

Place MadeItaly, Europe

MediumInk and pressed rose petals on paper

Dimensions8.8 x 10.8 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsArchival Material

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberU27e56

eMuseum ID724743

EmbARK ObjectID24291

TMS Source ID8855

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryThis pressed flower was gathered at the funeral of the poet and playwright Robert Browning. As an avid reader of contemporary poetry, Gardner admired Browning’s work and displayed this keepsake in the Long Gallery alongside other objects associated with major British authors.

MarksNotesInscribed in ink (top edge): Rose leaves from the first garland placed on Robert Browning's bier / from KB. / to I.G.
Dated in ink (bottom edge): Venice 14 Dec 1889.

ProvenanceNotesGift from Katherine de Kay Bronson (1834-1901), American expatriate and artists' patron, to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 December 1889.