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John Ross Browne

John Ross Browne (1821 - 1875) was active/lived in California, District Of Columbia.  John Browne is known for Travel book illustration, frontier painting.

A peripatetic illustrator for the United States government, John Ross Browne also illustrated and wrote his own travel books.  Combining personal and official travel experiences during the 1840s, 50s and 60s, Browne recorded adventures in gold-mining California, Apache country in Arizona, sailing around Cape Horn in South America, writing reports in Texas and New Orleans, sightseeing in the Middle East and Europe and serving his government in China.  Many of his writings with sketches were published in Harper's Magazine.

John Browne was born in Dublin, Ireland, and immigrated with his parents to Louisville, Kentucky in 1832.  He studied shorthand, and then worked in Washington DC for the United States Senate as a reporter from 1841 to 1842.

In 1849, he went to San Francisco as an agent for the United States Treasury Department to deal with problems of mass desertions of sailors to the gold mines.  On this trip, he sailed from New   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5456 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about John Ross Browne

   John Ross Browne  Born:  1821 - Beggarsbush, Dublin, Ireland
Died:   1875 - Oakland, California
Known for:  Travel book illustration, frontier painting
Name variants:  J Ross Browne

A peripatetic illustrator for the United States government, John Ross Browne also illustrated and wrote his own travel books.  Combining personal and official travel experiences during the 1840s, 50s and 60s, Browne recorded adventures in gold-mining California, Apache country in Arizona, sailing around Cape Horn in South America, writing reports in Texas and New Orleans, sightseeing in the Middle East and Europe and serving his government in China.  Many of his writings with sketches were published in Harper's Magazine.

John Browne was born in Dublin, Ireland, and immigrated with his parents to Louisville, Kentucky in 1832.  He studied shorthand, and then worked in Washington DC for the United States  ...  Displaying 750 of 5456 characters.

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