Alexander Browne
(active 1659-died 1706), Artist, publisher, printseller, auctioneer and dealerSitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 149 portraits
Alexander Browne was a significant figure in the late seventeenth century art scene in London. He was variously a 'practitioner of the art of limning', a drawing master (to Elizabeth Pepys from 1665, among others), an author of a drawing manual and treatise on art, an art auctioneer and dealer, a print publisher (especially of 'mezo tinto') and printseller. His shop at 'ye Blew Balcony' in Little Queen Street would have contained quantities of prints, books and artists materials. Browne published around 100 mezzotints, mainly after Sir Anthony van Dyck and Sir Peter Lely, and was granted in 1684 a privilege or Royal License for 'the sole printing and publishing' of his plates for fourteen years.
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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sold by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684 (circa 1650-1654)
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Elizabeth Seymour (née Percy), Duchess of Somerset
sold by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
sold by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684 (1636)
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The Five Eldest Children of King Charles I
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684 (1637)
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-84 (circa 1671)
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684 (1632)
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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King James II when Duke of York
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-84 (circa 1677)
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
sold by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684 (1636)
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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