Portraits and influence in the visual arts Thomas Browne
statue of sir thomas browne in norwich city centre
the national portrait gallery in london has fine contemporary portrait joan carlile of sir thomas browne , wife dorothy, lady browne (née mileham).
more recent sculptural portraits include henry alfred pegram s statue of sir thomas contemplating urn in norwich. statue occupies central position in haymarket beside st. peter mancroft, not far site of house. erected in 1905 , moved original position in 1973.
in 1931 english painter paul nash invited illustrate book of own choice, nash choose sir thomas browne s urn burial , garden of cyrus, providing publisher set of 32 illustrations accompany browne s discourses. edition published in 1932. pencil drawing nash called urne buriall: teeth, bones , hair held birmingham museums trust.
in 2005 small standing figure in silver , bronze, commissioned 400th anniversary of browne s birth, sculpted robert mileham.
in 2016 north sea magical realists, artists peter rodulfo , mark burrell elected browne honorary great-grandfather of movement, both painting item browne s musaeum clausum (from rarities in pictures section numbers 3 , 12).
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