John Crawford Brown
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English John Crawford Brown ARSA (1805 – 8 May 1867) was a Scottish landscape painter.
Life
He was born in Glasgow and resided in London for some time after travelling in the Netherlands and Spain. He then returned to his native city, before settling in Edinburgh.Template:Sfn
He was an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. His picture 'The Last of the Clan' was engraved by W. Richardson for the Royal Association of Fine Arts, Scotland, in 1851.
In 1833, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, No. 278, 'A Scene on the Ravensbourne, Kent'; at this period he resided at 10 Robert Street, Chelsea. He also exhibited two other landscapes in this same year at the British Institution and the Suffolk Street Exhibition.Template:Sfn
Crawford lived at 10 St Vincent Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1865-6</ref>
He died in Edinburgh on 8 May 1867. He is buried with his wife, Margaret Strang, and children in Warriston Cemetery in the north of the city. The granite tombstone is vandalised. It lies close to the now sealed eastern entrance gate on the south side of the main east–west path.
Family
He was married to Margaret Strang.<ref>Grave of J C Brown</ref>
Their eldest daughter Margaret Pollok Brown (d.1917) married David Currie of HM Customs.<ref>Grave of Currie/Brown, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh</ref>
Known works
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- Shipwrecked
- Return from Waterloo
References
- Attribution
Sources
- Samuel Redgrave, A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, 1878