Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
BROWN, James 1819–1877
BROWN, James 1819–1877
Born Scotland: trained as a calico printer and worked in the designing branch of the firm. Arrived in Dunedin on Philip Laing 1850: taught himself engraving and became a noted Dunedin caricaturist. His work is reproduced in Old Identities 1879 and A. H. McLintock's The History of Otago 1949. Work included in the Centennial Ex. Represented in OESA and Hocken.