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Ford Madox Brown Collection

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Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893

Ford Madox Brown, English painter, was born in Calais, France, and trained in Antwerp, Paris, and Rome before returning to England in 1845. Brown became friendly with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who studied briefly with him in 1848, and with other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His best-known paintings are The Last of England (1852-1855) and Work (1852-1863).

The collection contains correspondence of Brown with his daughter, Lucy, and with Frederic Shields, Alexander Ireland, Charles Augustus Howell, Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, Mr. Prunell, Mr. Forman, and the Dalziel Brothers regarding his artwork. Additional letters to Harry Buxton Forman and others concern the memorial fountain to Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Cheyne Walk.

Arranged by accession number.

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.

Brown's letter to Mr. Forman was a gift of Michael Papantonio.

Six autograph letters (1885-1887) by Brown to Rossetti and others were purchased in 2013 by the Richard M. Ludwig Endowment, established in 2001 by Michael Spence, Class of 1966.

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Finding aid written by James Flannery on January 18, 2006. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2006
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

29 Letters from Ford Madox Brown to Shields, photograph of list of "Subscribers and Promoters" from the bust of Rossetti, Letter from Borwn to D.G. Rossetti, 1854-1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to Mr. Ireland, 3 pp., 1881 March 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to [Alexander] Ireland, 1893 August 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to his daughter Lucy, 2pp., 1880 August 26. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to Mr. Forman, 1p., 1886 February 19. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to Messrs. Dalziel Bros., 1867 April 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

2 Letters from Ford Madox Brown to Rev. Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, Mr. Purnell, 1 from Emma M. Brown to Mr. Purnell, 1868 September 16. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to "Dear Helene", 1883 August 14. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to Charles Augustus Howell, 1869 April 27. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters byFord Madox Brown concerning the Dante Gabriel Rossetti foundtain, 1885-1887. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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