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1821-1893
English painter and designer. The son of a retired ship's purser who had settled at Calais, Brown received an academic training under Albert Gregorius (1774-1853) at Bruges, under Pieter van Hanselaere (1786-1862) at Ghent and under Baron Gustaf Wappers at the Academie in Antwerp (1837-9). He moved to Paris in 1840, married the following year and studied independently of the ateliers
The English Boy
1860
Oil on canvas 39.6 x 33.3 cm (15 5/8 x 13 1/8 in)
Manchester City Art Gallery (mk63)
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