M.E.D. Brown
(American, 1810-1896)
Portrait of Two Children in a Landscape, 1857, signed and dated verso "MED Brown 1857", oil on canvas, 48-3/4 x 36-1/4 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 57 x 46-1/2 x 3-1/4 in.
Provenance: Private Alabama Collection
Note: M.E.D. Brown was a lithographer and painter active from 1832 until 1896. A successful early lithographer, Brown worked in Philadelphia from 1832-1834. Nathaniel Currier worked for Brown in 1833, and in 1834 a lithograph by M.E.D. Brown was the first known work in Currier's press in New York. Brown was exhibited at the Artist's Fund Society of Philadelphia and the National Academy in 1845. He is recorded as an "artist" in the directories of Utica, New York from 1849 until his death in 1896.
(American, 1810-1896)
Portrait of Two Children in a Landscape, 1857, signed and dated verso "MED Brown 1857", oil on canvas, 48-3/4 x 36-1/4 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 57 x 46-1/2 x 3-1/4 in.
Provenance: Private Alabama Collection
Note: M.E.D. Brown was a lithographer and painter active from 1832 until 1896. A successful early lithographer, Brown worked in Philadelphia from 1832-1834. Nathaniel Currier worked for Brown in 1833, and in 1834 a lithograph by M.E.D. Brown was the first known work in Currier's press in New York. Brown was exhibited at the Artist's Fund Society of Philadelphia and the National Academy in 1845. He is recorded as an "artist" in the directories of Utica, New York from 1849 until his death in 1896.
