Which English poet died of tuberculosis in Rome in 1821?
Tuberculosis in human culture Fanny Brawne and the poet John Keats, ending with Keats's death of the disease, aged 25. Several major artists have depicted tuberculosis from their personal experience. Rembrandt's wife Saskia seems to have died of the disease aged 29; he drew her both when sick and on her deathbed. Edvard Munch returned to the theme many times in his career, including his paintings "The Dead Mother" and "The Sick Child", of his mother and his sister Sophie, both of whom died of the disease. Claude Monet's "Camille Monet sur son lit de mort" shows his first wife Camille on her deathbed.
British Academy of Arts in Rome British Academy of Arts in Rome The British Academy of Arts in Rome was an art school established by a group of British artists in Rome in 1821, and put on a more formal basis in 1823. It closed in 1936. The Academy had its origins in the community of British artists working in Rome, which had existed since the late 18th century, although its activities were disrupted by the Napoleonic wars. The Academy initially came into being in 1821 and was put onto a more formal footing in 1823, largely through the efforts of Joseph Severn, an English art