This is a faithful reconstruction of the bed where John Keats died of tuberculosis on February 23, 1821, in his home in Rome. The original bed was burnt – along with his other belongings – immediately after the poet’s death for fear of contagion.
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- Photos (1) by Enrica Vinciguerra (April 2015) and (2) by Chiara Bonomo (November 2023)
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