THE BULLETIN Volume Seventeen 1873 1 LIVERPOOL NAUTICAL
LIVERPOOL ~AI_ l Tl('AL RESEARCH SOCIETY THE BULLETIN Volume Seventeen 1873 1 LIVERPOOL NAUTICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY BULLETIN The Liverpool Museums \villiam Brown Street Liverpool 3. Hon.Secretary - M.K.Stammers, B.A. Editor -N. R. Pugh There is a pleasure 1n the pathless woods, There is rapture on the lonely shore; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar. Byron. Vol.XVII No.1 January-i'-iarch 1973 Sl\1-1 J .M. BROVJN - MARINE ARTIST (1873-1965) Fifty years ago a \'/ell known marine artist, Sam J .M. Brown, resided in Belgrave S trcet, Lis card, vlallasey. Of his work, there are still originals and reproductions about, nnd fortunately Liverpool Huseums have some attractive specimens. It happened that the writer once had tea with the family, being in 1925 a school friend of Edwin Brown, the artist's only son. Edwin later became a successful poultry farmer but was not endowed with his father's artistic talents. - 1 - Sam Brown painted for Lamport and Holt, Blue Funnel, Booth, Yeoward Lines etc., in advertising and calendar work. He made several sea voyages to gain atmosphere far his pictures, even to the River Amazon. In local waters his favourite type seemed to be topsail schooners, often used as comparisons to the lordly liners of the above mentioned fleets. About 1930, the Browns moved to NalpD.S, Cheshire, and though Sam exhibited a beautiful picture of swans at the Liver Sketching Club's autumn exhibition one year, no further ship portraiture appeared. In November 1972, I was privileged to attend an exhibition of Murine paintings, on the opening day at the Boydell Galler ies, Castle Street .
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