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.
Dorothy Cheeke (née Sidney); Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester when children
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D5051
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D5129
Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D5280
Elizabeth Campbell (née Tollemache), Duchess of Argyll when Lady Lorne
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D543
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D5906
Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Warke
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D6917
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D6956
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1684 (circa 1637)
NPG D11449
The Infants Jesus and John the Baptist Embracing
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11450
Frances Weston (née Stuart), Countess of Portland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11416
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11443
Isabella (née de Nassau), Countess of Arlington
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11423
King Charles I; King Charles II
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1684 (circa 1632)
NPG D11399
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Thomas Hawker
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11403
Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684 (circa 1678-1680)
NPG D11404
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684 (circa 1677)
NPG D11413
Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11417
Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11418
Elizabeth Seymour (née Percy), Duchess of Somerset
sold by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11421
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
NPG D11424
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