She exhibited her first picture at the National Academy of Design when twelve years old, and has been a constant contributor to its exhibitions since that time; also to the exhibitions of the American Water-Color Society.

Her earliest pictures were of flowers, and during several years she had no teacher.  At length she decided to study battle painting, and, after a summer under Carleton Wiggins, she went abroad, in 1890, and remained two years, painting in the schools in winter and out of doors in summer.  Miss Browne exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in 1890, and many of her works have been seen in exhibits in this country.  The Dodge prize was awarded to a picture called “The Last Load,” and the Hallgarten prize to “Repose,” a moonlight scene with cattle.  Her pictures are in private collections.

BROWN, MRS. AGNES—­MRS. JOHN APPLETON BROWN. Born in Newburyport.  This artist paints in oils.  Her subjects are landscapes, flowers, and still life.  She has also painted cats successfully.

I have a winter landscape by Mrs. Brown which is unusually attractive and is often admired.  She sends her works to the exhibitions of the Boston Art Club and to some exhibitions in New York.

BROWNE, MME. HENRIETTE. Born at Paris; 1829-1901.  Pupil of Chaplin.  The family name of this artist was Bouteiller, and she married M. Jules de Saux, but as an artist used the name of an ancestress.  Her pictures of genre subjects very early attracted attention, especially in 1855, when she sent to the Salon “A Brother of the Christian School,” “School for the Poor at Aix,” “Mutual Instruction,” and “Rabbits.”  Her works were popular and brought good prices.  In 1868 “The Sisters of Charity” sold for L1,320.

In 1878 she exhibited “A Grandmother” and “Convalescence.”  Her Oriental scenes were much admired.  Among these were “A Court in Damascus,” “Nubian Dancing Girls,” and a “Harem in Constantinople.”  Mme. Browne was also skilful as an engraver.

T. Chasrel wrote in L’Art:  “Her touch without over-minuteness has the delicacy and security of a fine work of the needle.  The accent is just without that seeking for virile energy which too often spoils the most charming qualities.  The sentiment is discreet without losing its intensity in order to attract public notice.  The painting of Mme. Henriette Browne is at an equal distance from grandeur and insipidity, from power and affectation, and gathers from the just balance of her nature some effects of taste and charm of which a parvenu in art would be incapable.”

The late Rev. Charles Kingsley wrote of the picture of the “Sisters of Charity,” of the sale of which I have spoken, as follows:  “The picture which is the best modern instance of this happy hitting of this golden mean, whereby beauty and homely fact are perfectly combined, is in my eyes Henrietta Browne’s picture of the ’Sick Child and the Sisters of Charity.’  I know