b. 16 April 1821. d. 6 October 1893. Nationality: English.
Painter and illustrator. Father of Emma Lucy Madox Brown. Lifelong friend of Dante
Gabriel Rossetti, who was first briefly his student, and had many acquaintances in
the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. As an admirer of William Hogarth, he founded the Hogarth
Club in 1858 to be an informal version of the Royal Academy, with members including
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones. Biographical information:
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