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J. H. Brown

active 1855

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Brown was a banker (bureau de change), wine merchant and art dealer (Florence). He may be identified with James Honeyman Brown, London art dealer and frame restorer, who was active from 1871–1883?

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

National Gallery painting connections

Former owner: NG purchased in 1855: NG226.

Bibliography

History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://www.oxforddnb.com/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

Paintings previously owned by J. H. Brown

The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Two Angels
The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Two Angels
Workshop of Sandro Botticelli
The Virgin Mary sits on a stepped bench in front of a bed of roses, the infant Christ resting on her lap. He hangs on to his mother’s veil, raising his other hand in a gesture of greeting. Both figures make direct eye contact with the viewer, while an angel to either side holds a jewelled crown o...
Not on display