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.
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 Stanhope (née Butler), Countess of Chesterfield
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Cecil (née Brownlow), Countess of Exeter
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Gilbert Soest
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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Essex Finch (née Rich), Countess of Nottingham
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
counterproof from a mezzotint, circa 1681-1682
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by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Isabella (née de Nassau), Countess of Arlington
after Sir Peter Lely, published by Alexander Browne
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Elizabeth Lyon (née Stanhope), Countess of Strathmore
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Elizabeth Cecil (née Brownlow), Countess of Exeter
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Gilbert Soest
mezzotint, circa 1684
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by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Frances Weston (née Stuart), Countess of Portland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Katherine Seymour (née Lee), Lady Seymour
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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