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David Brown

Also known as: David Brown; primary name: Brown, David
Details: individual; curator; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1925-2002
Biography: Veterinary scientist, curator and donor of 230 works to the Department of Prints and Drawings; born 25 November 1925 in Hampshire, was conscripted to work in the Cornish tin mines, qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Edinburgh University after the war and carried out research at Cambridge University; 1954 moved to Kenya to research cattle disease at the East African Veterinary Research organisation, where he eventually directed a team of 400; 1957 completed his doctorate; 1967 returned to Britain after death of lover, Liza Wilcox; 1970 -1973 art history degree at University of East Anglia; 1973 appointed Research Assistant at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, and Assistant Keeper of the Modern Collection, Tate Gallery from 1974-1985, curating exhibitions such as 'St Ives 1939-64'; special interest in the work of Roger Hilton; married 1954, dissolved 1961, Jean Lucas; died 5 May 2002. See David and Liza Brown Bequest Fund (raised by sale of David Brown's house).

235 related objects

collage

Museum number: 2003,0601.91 |
Producer name: BIOG140555 Drawn by:Kisaburo Kawakami |
Production date: 1981

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.78 |
Producer name: BIOG28579 Drawn by:William Gear |
Production date: 1948

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.32 |
Producer name: BIOG31576 Drawn by:Rose Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.79 |
Producer name: BIOG35723 Drawn by:Wyndham Lewis |
Production date: 1912

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.27 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.102 |
Producer name: BIOG140312 Drawn by:Stephen Conroy |
Production date: 1985-1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.19 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.85 |
Producer name: BIOG139835 Drawn by:Elizabeth Blackadder |
Production date: 1981

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.75 |
Producer name: BIOG140166 Drawn by:Alfred Wallis |
Production date: 1939

drawing

Museum number: 2013,7087.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1960-1975

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.51 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1935

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.31 |
Producer name: BIOG31576 Drawn by:Rose Hilton |
Production date: 1960-1995

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.18 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.76 |
Producer name: BIOG23317 Drawn by:Cecil Collins |
Production date: 1957

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.13 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.9 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1962

drawing

Museum number: 2013,7087.5 |
Producer name: BIOG220355 Drawn by:Mary Potter |
Production date: 1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.117 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1960-2003

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.43 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.29 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1961

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.88 |
Producer name: Written by:W S GrahamScribe:George L Thompson |
Production date: 1975

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.66.1-3 |
Producer name: BIOG139834 Drawn by:Roger Ackling |
Production date: 1977

drawing; envelope

Museum number: 2003,0601.114 |
Producer name: BIOG140169 Drawn by:Margaret Mellis |
Production date: 1990

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.99 |
Producer name: BIOG139837 Drawn by:Joy Girvin |
Production date: 1990

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.55 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.80 |
Producer name: BIOG19081 Drawn by:John Bellany |
Production date: 1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.60 |
Producer name: BIOG140277 Drawn by:Gwen Hardie |
Production date: 1987

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.35 |
Producer name: BIOG28025 Drawn by:Terry Frost |
Production date: 1959

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.104 |
Producer name: BIOG140312 Drawn by:Stephen Conroy |
Production date: 1985-1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.110 |
Producer name: BIOG139837 Drawn by:Joy Girvin |
Production date: 1993

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.81 |
Producer name: BIOG140170 Drawn by:Justin Knowles |
Production date: 1970

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.53 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1905

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.107 |
Producer name: BIOG19081 Drawn by:John Bellany |
Production date: 1995

drawing; collage

Museum number: 2003,0601.71 |
Producer name: BIOG140325 Drawn by:Rod Walker |
Production date: 1991

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.48 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.33 |
Producer name: BIOG140138 Drawn by:Bo Hilton |
Production date: 1984

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.96 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1947

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.95 |
Producer name: BIOG19081 Drawn by:John Bellany |
Production date: 1960-2003

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.86 |
Producer name: BIOG37895 Drawn by:Leonard McComb |
Production date: 1975

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.90 |
Producer name: BIOG48575 Drawn by:Bruce Tippett |
Production date: 1958

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.47 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.40 |
Producer name: BIOG23343 Drawn by:Elisabeth Collins |
Production date: 1970

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.74 |
Producer name: BIOG63256 Drawn by:Adrian Hill |
Production date: 1915-1977

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.82 |
Producer name: BIOG140170 Drawn by:Justin Knowles |
Production date: 1970

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.28 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.63 |
Producer name: BIOG30161 Drawn by:Allan Gwynne-Jones |
Production date: 1926

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.44 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.57 |
Producer name: BIOG140267 Drawn by:George Douglas, 2nd Earl Haig |
Production date: 1990

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.77 |
Producer name: BIOG140328 Drawn by:Len Tabner |
Production date: 1946-2003

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.54 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.111 |
Producer name: BIOG32194 Drawn by:Peter Howson |
Production date: 1985

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.69 |
Producer name: BIOG49468 Drawn by:Keith Vaughan |
Production date: 1955

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.21 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1975

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.11 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2013,7087.4 |
Producer name: BIOG220355 Drawn by:Mary Potter |
Production date: 1977

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.105 |
Producer name: BIOG140312 Drawn by:Stephen Conroy |
Production date: 1985-1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.16 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.103 |
Producer name: BIOG140312 Drawn by:Stephen Conroy |
Production date: 1985-1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.5 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1961

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.15 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1962

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.26 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.106 |
Producer name: BIOG140312 Drawn by:Stephen Conroy |
Production date: 1985-1986

drawing; collage; christmas-card

Museum number: 2003,0601.8 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Roger HiltonInscription by:Rose Hilton |
Production date: 1960-1975

drawing; sculpture

Museum number: 2003,0601.119 |
Producer name: BIOG139834 Drawn by:Roger Ackling |
Production date: 1978

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.6 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1962

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.118 |
Producer name: BIOG28025 Drawn by:Terry Frost |
Production date: 1950

drawing

Museum number: 2004,0929.77 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1962

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.67 |
Producer name: BIOG139834 Drawn by:Roger Ackling |
Production date: 1977

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.94 |
Producer name: BIOG35730 Drawn by:Sol LeWitt |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.7 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1975

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.30 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1965

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.46 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.72 |
Producer name: BIOG28526 Drawn by:Henri Gaudier-Brzeska |
Production date: 1891-1915

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.42 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1935

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.109 |
Producer name: BIOG140383 Drawn by:Tim Lewis |
Production date: 1987

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.17 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.45 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1881-1972

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.64 |
Producer name: BIOG30161 Drawn by:Allan Gwynne-Jones |
Production date: 1930-1950

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.101 |
Producer name: BIOG140312 Drawn by:Stephen Conroy |
Production date: 1985-1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.25 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.92 |
Producer name: BIOG30439 Drawn by:Maggi Hambling |
Production date: 1981

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.12 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.112 |
Producer name: BIOG28025 Drawn by:Terry Frost |
Production date: 1956

drawing

Museum number: 2004,1030.1 |
Producer name: BIOG140277 Drawn by:Gwen Hardie |
Production date: 1984

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.116 |
Producer name: BIOG140551 Drawn by:Ian Gardner |
Production date: 1978

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.22 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.56 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Drawn by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1804-1824

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.49 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1901

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.34 |
Producer name: BIOG43887 Drawn by:Cayley Robinson |
Production date: 1910

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.20 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Roger HiltonAfter:Eugène Delacroix |
Production date: 1973

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.24 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.113 |
Producer name: BIOG140958 Drawn by:Joyce Cairns |
Production date: 1986

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.97 |
Producer name: BIOG140059 Drawn by:David Walker-Barker |
Production date: 1978

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.41 |
Producer name: BIOG17623 Drawn by:Maxwell Armfield |
Production date: 1904

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.98 |
Producer name: BIOG139837 Drawn by:Joy Girvin |
Production date: 1961-2003

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.3 |
Producer name: BIOG31575 Drawn by:Roger Hilton |
Production date: 1960-1975

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.61 |
Producer name: BIOG140277 Drawn by:Gwen Hardie |
Production date: 1987

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.68 |
Producer name: BIOG140280 Drawn by:Eileen Lawrence |
Production date: 1974

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.70 |
Producer name: BIOG140324 Drawn by:Gerry Hunt |
Production date: 1997