Creator:

Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889  Search this

Brown, Harriet Pease, 1811-1853  Search this

Extent:

3 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1836-1841

Scope and Contents:

A book of pencil and watercolor sketches by George Loring Brown; a diary kept by Mrs. Brown while traveling in Italy with her husband in 1840-1841; and an 1836 issue of PARLEY'S MAGAZINE, New York and Boston, with engravings attributed to George Loring Brown.

Biographical / Historical:

Landscape, portrait, and miniature painter, lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver; Mass. Married Harriet Pease in 1835. Traveled in Europe, mainly Italy, 1840-1846.

Provenance:

One of the lenders, Robert Scott, is a descendant of Harriet Pease Brown through the Downes family.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Printmakers  Search this

Wood-engravers  Search this

Topic:

Artists -- Italy -- Diaries  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.browgeor

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90c4605f4-c6b9-43b8-a35e-155c4edf2568

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-browgeor