Mather Brown (1761-1831), Portrait and history painter
Artist associated with 28 portraits
Mather Brown was an American portrait and history painter active in England. Born in Boston, he arrived in London in 1781 and entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1782. He began to exhibit there a year later, and set up a portrait painting practice in London. Brown painted the portraits of many American sitters including Thomas Jefferson and his patron John Adams. The full-length portrait of Prince Frederick Augustus that Brown painted led to his appointment as history and portrait painter to his sitter, later the Duke of York. He also portrayed the Prince of Wales, later George IV, in fancy dress. Brown dedicated his later years to his true inclination, which was devotional and history subjects.
by Mather Brown
oil on canvas, feigned oval, (1789)
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by Mather Brown
oil on canvas, 1792
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Margaret Martyr (née Thornton)
by and published by John Dean, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 26 May 1786
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by and published by John Raphael Smith, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 1787
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by John Raphael Smith, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 1787
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after William Ward, after Mather Brown
reproduction of mezzotint, original published 1788
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by Edmund Scott, after Mather Brown
stipple engraving, (1789)
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by Edmund Scott, after Mather Brown
stipple engraving, (1789)
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by and published by John Raphael Smith, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 1789
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by and published by Charles Howard Hodges, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, before 1790
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by Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1 May 1790
NPG D4960
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
by Henry Hudson, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 10 November 1790
NPG D13744
by Edmund Scott, published by Samuel William Fores, after Mather Brown
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1790
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by Nathan Cooper Branwhite, after Mather Brown
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1802
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by Nathan Cooper Branwhite, published by G. Eyre, after Mather Brown
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1802
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Mather Brown, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith
by Ridley & Holl, published by James Asperne, after Mather Brown
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1806
NPG D3458
by Charles Turner, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 1815
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by Antoine Maurin, printed by François Le Villain, after Mather Brown
lithograph, 1820s-1830s (1789)
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All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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