Artist Pubs
John Ross Browne

Auction Records (0)   For Sale (0)   Bio/Info   Free Alerts  
Upcoming (0) Wanted (0) Related Artists (0) Pricing my art
Charts (0) Dealers (0) Signatures (0)
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

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 0 auction lots for John Ross Browne (of which 0 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by John Ross Browne as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists John Ross Browne in 1 of its research Essays. John Ross Browne has 0 artist signature examples available in our database.





Copyright © 1999-2024 askART.com and underlying auction houses. All Rights Reserved. Digital copying of these images and content strictly prohibited; violators will be subject to the law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Facts about John Ross Browne

   Publications  Book References:  12
Magazine References:  0

The listed publications are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. askART has derived Publications as an aid to members, but it is not necessarily a complete list.
12 Book References for John Ross Browne
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1979 Reps, John W Cities of the American West A History of Frontier Urban Planning 827 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1969 Browne, J Ross/ Lina Browne J Ross Browne His Letters, Journals & Writings 413 No
1969 Browne, Lina Fergusson J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals and Writings 417 No
1966 Goodman, David Michael A Western Panorama 1849-1875 Travels, writings, influence of J Ross Browne 328 No
1953 Taft, Robert Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900 400 No
Top