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JOHN GEORGE BROWN (1831— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 661 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN GEORGE BROWN (1831— )  ,
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American painter, was born in Durham, England, on the 1th of November 1831 . He studied at Newcastle-on-Type, in the
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Edinburgh Academy, and after removing to New York City in 1853, at the
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schools of the
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National Academy of Design,,of which he afterwards became a member . In 1866 he became one. of the 'charter members of poet and essayist, born at Haddington on the 2.zrd of
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February. the
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Water-Colour Society, of which he.was president from 1887 1817, was the
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fourth son of
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Samuel Brown, the founder of to 1904 . He generally confined himself to representations of street child
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life, bootblacks, newsboys, &c . ; his "Passing Show" (Paris,
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Salon, 1877) and "Street Boys at
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Play" (Paris
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Exhibition, 1900) are good examples of his popular talent .

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