Gordon Browne

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Gordon Frederick Browne
Born (1858-04-15)15 April 1858
Banstead, Surrey, England
Died 27 May 1932(1932-05-27) (aged 74)
Richmond, Surrey, England
Occupation Illustrator
Nationality English
Period 19th century
Genre Children's Literature
Browne's frontispiece illustration for the 1891 edition of "Eric, or, Little by Little".

Gordon Frederick Browne (15 April 1858 – 27 May 1932) was an English artist and children's book illustrator in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

He was born in Banstead, the younger son of notable book illustrator Hablot Knight Browne (who as "Phiz" illustrated books by Charles Dickens). He studied art at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and South Kensington Schools and started to receive professional commissions while still at college.

From the 1880s, Browne was one of Britain's most prolific illustrators, his work appearing in newspapers, magazines and many books by children's authors including Frederic William Farrar, G.A. Henty, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Andrew Lang, Talbot Baines Reed, L. T. Meade, Catherine Christian and E. Nesbit.

Browne worked in watercolour and pen and ink. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA).

He died in Richmond, London in 1932.

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