![Portrait of Ford Madox Brown](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/brown000.jpg)
Ford Madox Brown Painting Reproductions 1 of 2
1821-1893
English Pre-Raphaelite Painter
Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. While he was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was never actually a member. Nevertheless, he remained close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he also joined William Morris's design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861.
One of his most famous images is The Last of England, a portrait of a pair of stricken emigrants as they sail away on the ship that will take them from England forever. It was inspired by the departure of the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had left for Australia. The painting is structured with Brown's characteristic linear energy, and emphasis on apparently grotesque and banal details, such as the cabbages hanging from the ship's side.
Brown's most important painting was Work (1852 - 1865), which he showed at a special exhibition. It attempted to depict the totality of the mid-Victorian social experience in a single image, depicting 'navvies' digging up a road, and disrupting the old social hierarchies as they did so. The image erupts into proliferating details from the dynamic centre of the action, as the workers tear a hole in the road and, symbolically, in the social fabric. Each character represents a particular social class and role in the modern urban environment. Brown wrote a catalogue to accompany the special exhibition of Work. This publication included an extensive explanation of Work that nevertheless leaves many questions unanswered.
Brown's major achievement after Work was the "Manchester Murals", a cycle of twelve paintings in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall depicting the history of the city. These present a partly ironic and satirical view of Mancunian history.
His son Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874) showed promise both as an artist and poet, but died of blood-poisoning.
He was the grandfather of novelist Ford Madox Ford and great-grandfather of Labour Home Secretary Frank Soskice.
One of his most famous images is The Last of England, a portrait of a pair of stricken emigrants as they sail away on the ship that will take them from England forever. It was inspired by the departure of the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had left for Australia. The painting is structured with Brown's characteristic linear energy, and emphasis on apparently grotesque and banal details, such as the cabbages hanging from the ship's side.
Brown's most important painting was Work (1852 - 1865), which he showed at a special exhibition. It attempted to depict the totality of the mid-Victorian social experience in a single image, depicting 'navvies' digging up a road, and disrupting the old social hierarchies as they did so. The image erupts into proliferating details from the dynamic centre of the action, as the workers tear a hole in the road and, symbolically, in the social fabric. Each character represents a particular social class and role in the modern urban environment. Brown wrote a catalogue to accompany the special exhibition of Work. This publication included an extensive explanation of Work that nevertheless leaves many questions unanswered.
Brown's major achievement after Work was the "Manchester Murals", a cycle of twelve paintings in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall depicting the history of the city. These present a partly ironic and satirical view of Mancunian history.
His son Oliver Madox Brown (1855-1874) showed promise both as an artist and poet, but died of blood-poisoning.
He was the grandfather of novelist Ford Madox Ford and great-grandfather of Labour Home Secretary Frank Soskice.
35 Ford Madox Brown Paintings
![John Wycliffe Reading his Translation of the Bible to John of Gaunt, c.1847/48 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown001.jpg)
John Wycliffe Reading his Translation of the ... c.1847/48
Oil Painting
$2038
$2038
Canvas Print
$72.32
$72.32
SKU: FMB-456
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 119.5 x 153 cm
Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 119.5 x 153 cm
Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford, United Kingdom
![Elijah Restoring the Widow's Son, 1868 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown002.jpg)
Elijah Restoring the Widow's Son 1868
Oil Painting
$1757
$1757
Canvas Print
$70.48
$70.48
SKU: FMB-457
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
![The Last of England, c.1852/55 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown003.jpg)
The Last of England c.1852/55
Oil Painting
$1821
$1821
Canvas Print
$67.42
$67.42
SKU: FMB-458
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 82.5 x 75 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 82.5 x 75 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
![The Pretty Baa-Lambs, c.1851/59 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown004.jpg)
The Pretty Baa-Lambs c.1851/59
Oil Painting
$1662
$1662
Canvas Print
$60.10
$60.10
SKU: FMB-459
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 61 x 76.2 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 61 x 76.2 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
![Jesus washing Peter's Feet, c.1852/56 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown005.jpg)
Jesus washing Peter's Feet c.1852/56
Oil Painting
$2169
$2169
Canvas Print
$66.31
$66.31
SKU: FMB-460
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 118.8 x 133.3 cm
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 118.8 x 133.3 cm
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
![Self Portrait, 1877 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown006.jpg)
Self Portrait 1877
Oil Painting
$1790
$1790
Canvas Print
$122.43
$122.43
SKU: FMB-6386
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 76.2 x 64.1 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 76.2 x 64.1 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
![La Rose de l'Infante (Effie Stillman), 1876 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown007.jpg)
La Rose de l'Infante (Effie Stillman) 1876
Oil Painting
$1470
$1470
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: FMB-6387
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 46 x 35.9 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 46 x 35.9 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
![Waiting: an English Fireside of 1854-55, c.1851/55 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown008.jpg)
Waiting: an English Fireside of 1854-55 c.1851/55
Oil Painting
$1291
$1291
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: FMB-6388
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 30.5 x 20 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 30.5 x 20 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
![Work, 1863 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown009.jpg)
Work 1863
Canvas Print
$51.84
$51.84
SKU: FMB-6389
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 137 x 197.3 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 137 x 197.3 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Chaucer at the Court of Edward III, c.1847/51 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown010.jpg)
Chaucer at the Court of Edward III c.1847/51
Oil Painting
$9451
$9451
Canvas Print
$75.38
$75.38
SKU: FMB-6390
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 372 x 296 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 372 x 296 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
![The Last of England, 1860 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown011.jpg)
The Last of England 1860
Oil Painting
$1790
$1790
Canvas Print
$52.37
$52.37
SKU: FMB-6391
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 47.7 x 43.8 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 47.7 x 43.8 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
![Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois, 1877 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown012.jpg)
Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois 1877
Oil Painting
$2463
$2463
Canvas Print
$99.13
$99.13
SKU: FMB-6392
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 86 x 107 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 86 x 107 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![The Prisoner of Chillon, 1843 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown013.jpg)
The Prisoner of Chillon 1843
Oil Painting
$1250
$1250
Canvas Print
$86.55
$86.55
SKU: FMB-6393
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 53.2 x 64.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 53.2 x 64.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Manfred on the Jungfrau, c.1840/61 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown014.jpg)
Manfred on the Jungfrau c.1840/61
Oil Painting
$1604
$1604
Canvas Print
$62.45
$62.45
SKU: FMB-6394
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 140.2 x 115 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 140.2 x 115 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Byron's Dream, 1874 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown015.jpg)
Byron's Dream 1874
Oil Painting
$1668
$1668
Canvas Print
$80.97
$80.97
SKU: FMB-6395
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 71.5 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 71.5 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures, 1889 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown016.jpg)
The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures 1889
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: FMB-6396
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.2 x 56.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.2 x 56.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Crabtree Watching the Transit of Venus in 1639, c.1881/88 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown017.jpg)
Crabtree Watching the Transit of Venus in 1639 c.1881/88
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: FMB-6397
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.4 x 55.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 26.4 x 55.9 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Out of Town, 1858 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown018.jpg)
Out of Town 1858
Oil Painting
$1210
$1210
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: FMB-6398
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 23.2 x 14.4 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 23.2 x 14.4 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Jesus Washing Peter's Feet, 1876 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown019.jpg)
Jesus Washing Peter's Feet 1876
Oil Painting
$2219
$2219
Canvas Print
$66.76
$66.76
SKU: FMB-6399
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 48.6 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 48.6 x 54.8 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![The Spirit of Justice, n.d. by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown020.jpg)
The Spirit of Justice n.d.
Paper Art Print
$50.67
$50.67
SKU: FMB-6400
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 75.7 x 51.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 75.7 x 51.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
![Jacob and Joseph's Coat, 1871 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown021.jpg)
Jacob and Joseph's Coat 1871
Oil Painting
$3005
$3005
Canvas Print
$73.01
$73.01
SKU: FMB-6401
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 55.9 x 52.1 cm
Private Collection
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 55.9 x 52.1 cm
Private Collection
![Convalescent (Emma), 1872 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown022.jpg)
Convalescent (Emma) 1872
Paper Art Print
$56.74
$56.74
SKU: FMB-6402
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: unknown
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
![Work, 1863 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown023.jpg)
Work 1863
Canvas Print
$51.56
$51.56
SKU: FMB-6403
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 68.4 x 99 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 68.4 x 99 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
![The Irish Girl, 1860 by Ford Madox Brown | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Ford_Madox_Brown/paintings-lg/brown024.jpg)
The Irish Girl 1860
Oil Painting
$1210
$1210
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: FMB-6404
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 28.5 x 27.3 cm
Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA
Ford Madox Brown
Original Size: 28.5 x 27.3 cm
Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA