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Mather Brown

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Mather Brown

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
25 May 1831 (aged 69)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
St Johns Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England Add to Map
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Son of Gawen Brown [1719-d.Aug 8, 1801 Boston Mass] and his second wife Elizabeth Byles.
During his career he was among the foremost of bright young painters of portraits.
And reportably owned a house on Cavendish Square, London.
However Died in Newman Street, London in illness and poverty

Ref:
Eastern Horizon, Monthly Review , Volume 7 1968 p.48
Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1914 p.289
Who Was Who in American 1963 p.79

Brown was the son of Gawen and Elizabeth (Byles) Brown, and descended from the Rev. Increase Mather on his mother's side. Taught by his aunt and around 1773 (age 12) became a pupil of Gilbert Stuart. Arrived in London in 1781 to further his training in Benjamin West's studio, entered the Royal Academy schools in 1782 with plans to be a miniature painter, and began to exhibit a year later.
Mather Brown (baptized October 11, 1761 – May 25, 1831) was a portrait and historical painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, but active in England.
Son of Gawen Brown [1719-d.Aug 8, 1801 Boston Mass] and his second wife Elizabeth Byles.
During his career he was among the foremost of bright young painters of portraits.
And reportably owned a house on Cavendish Square, London.
However Died in Newman Street, London in illness and poverty

Ref:
Eastern Horizon, Monthly Review , Volume 7 1968 p.48
Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1914 p.289
Who Was Who in American 1963 p.79

Brown was the son of Gawen and Elizabeth (Byles) Brown, and descended from the Rev. Increase Mather on his mother's side. Taught by his aunt and around 1773 (age 12) became a pupil of Gilbert Stuart. Arrived in London in 1781 to further his training in Benjamin West's studio, entered the Royal Academy schools in 1782 with plans to be a miniature painter, and began to exhibit a year later.
Mather Brown (baptized October 11, 1761 – May 25, 1831) was a portrait and historical painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, but active in England.


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