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.
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
by Alexander Browne, sold by Edward Cooper, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, late 17th century
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, late 17th century
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Mary of Modena when Duchess of York
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, 1678-1679
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Frances Weston (née Stuart), Countess of Portland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Warke
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
by Isaac Beckett, after Thomas Hawker, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Dorothy Cheeke (née Sidney); Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester when children
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
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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sold by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684 (circa 1650-1654)
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Katherine Seymour (née Lee), Lady Seymour
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Katherine Seymour (née Lee), Lady Seymour
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Catherine Grey (née Ford), Lady Grey of Warke
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Lyon (née Stanhope), Countess of Strathmore
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Campbell (née Tollemache), Duchess of Argyll
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, before 1680
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