Call Number:

PH-02753

Collection Name:

Browning Family Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

100 items

Span Dates:

circa 1850-?

Description:

The collection consists of 100 photographs, most of which are portraits of members of the Browning family including Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Robert's sister Sarianna. There are also images of Sarianna's friend Jean Morison Campbell and members of her family. Item-level information for three daguerreotypes in the collection follows.

981:0077:0005 -- Margaret Morris Browning, circa 1850. Daguerreotype with hand-coloring (stereograph), 6.7 x 5.8 cm (sixth plate)(each image); 8.2 x 15.3 cm (overall dimensions).
981:0077:0006 -- Margaret Morris Browing, circa 1855. Ambrotype with hand coloring, 8.5 x 6.2 cm (3.6 x 2.4 inches) (quarter plate) (visible image); 11.8 x 9.2 cm (4.7 x 3.6 inches) (case).
981:0077:0007 -- Jean Morison Campbell, circa 1855. Ambrotype with hand coloring, 9.1 x 6.5 cm (3.6 x 2.6 inches) (quarter plate) (visible image); 11.8 x 9.3 cm (4.7 x 3.7 inches) (case).
981:0077:0008 -- Jean Morison Campbell, circa 1855. Ambrotype with hand coloring, 9.3 x 6.9 cm (3.7 x 2.7 inches) (quarter plate) (visible image); 11.7 x 9.2 cm (4.6 x 3.6 inches) (case).
981:0077:0009 -- Jean Morison Campbell, circa 1855. Ambrotype with hand coloring, 6.7 x 5.4 cm (2.6 x 2.1 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 12 x 9.3 cm (4.7 x 3.7 inches) (case).
981:0077:0010 -- [Portrait of a man, standing with cane], circa 1855. Ambrotype with hand coloring, 9.1 x 6.8 cm (3.6 x 2.7 inches) (quarter plate) (visible image); 10.8 x 8.4 cm (4.6 x 3.3 inches) (including mat).
981:0077:0011 -- [Jean Morison Campbell?], circa 1850. Daguerreotype in frame, 5.4 x 4.2 cm (ninth plate)(visible image); 6.8 x 5.5 cm (frame).
981:0077:0012 -- [Jean Morison Campbell?], circa 1850. Daguerreotype in frame, 5.4 x 4.2 cm (ninth plate)(visible image); 6.8 x 5.5 cm (frame).

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Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Accession No(s):

988:0122:0004 -- Purchase, 1964 (R 1947); P1-P31; 957:0072:0001; 981:0076:0001-0048; 981:0077:0001-0002, 0005-0017, 0019-0021; 988:0122:0004

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00414

Location(s):

A-B Lit File OV Box, Medium (957:0072:0001)
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Lit File Cased Items Box 1 (981:0077:0005-0012)
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1 osb, Literary Files Cased Items Box 1 (981:0077:0003-0012)
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Browning family Lit File Box 1 (P1-P31; 981:0076:0001-0048)
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Browning family Lit File Box 2 (981:0077:0001-0002; 0019-0021; 988:0122:0004)
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Curatorial permission required (glass negs 981:0077:0013-0017)
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See Also:

Daguerreotypes by Unidentified Photographers Photography Collection