On June 29, 1861, at the age of 55, Elizabeth Barrett Browning passes away of an undiagnosed illness at Casa Guidi, the home in Italy that she shared with her husband Robert Browning. As a child, EBB had been weakened by a series of ailments—viral infections, measles, and various other pains and fevers—and, though the Italian climate had proven largely beneficial for her poor health, she never fully recovered.