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- John Brown
- David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, 1742 - 1829. Antiquary
- 1781
- PG 3596
- Scottish Art
- John Brown
- William Smellie, 1740 - 1795. Printer, naturalist and antiquary
- about 1781
- PG 3588
- Scottish Art
- John Brown
- Alexander Runciman, 1736 - 1785. Artist
- about 1781 - 1783
- D 269
- Scottish Art
- John Brown
- Rev. Alexander Carlyle, 1722 - 1805. Divine and pamphleteer
- PG 1975
- Scottish Art
- John Brown
- Alexander Runciman, 1736 - 1785. Artist
- 1785
- PG 3612
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- John Brown
- David Deuchar, 1743 - 1808. Seal engraver
- 1787
- PG 980
- Scottish Art
John Brown (Scottish, 1749 - 1787)
Edinburgh-born Brown was the son of a jeweller and watchmaker and studied at the Trustees' Academy. He was in Italy from 1771 to 1780, working alongside Alexander Runciman and Henry Fuseli. Although influenced by his friends' romantic reaction to the past, Brown did not produce large narrative paintings, instead, he drew accurate views of Roman antiquities and Italian scenery for his Scottish patrons. When he returned to Britain he specialised in pencil miniature portraits, sittings for which took one hour.
