James Crawford Brown

John Crawford Brown (1805 - 8 May 1867) was a Scottish painter of landscape, genre and historical subjects.

He was born in 1805 in Glasgow, where he began his art studies. He visited Holland, Flanders and Spain. On his return to Britain he spent several years in London. He then settled for a time in Glasgow and finally in Edinburgh.

He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy between 1830 and 1865, and posthumously in 1880. He was elected an Associate in 1843. He also exhibited single works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, Suffolk Street, and the New Watercolour Society.

He died in Edinburgh on 8 May 1867.

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