BROWN, J. Appleton, artist, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 24 July, 1844. he pursued his early art studies in Boston under B. C. Porter, and in Paris under Emile Lambinet. On his return to the United States he opened a studio in Boston, where he has since resided. Among his works are "A View, Dives Calvados, France" (1875); "Old Road near Paris" (1875); "On the Merrimac at Newburyport, Autumn"; "Storm at the Isle of Shoals"; "Glen Mill Brook, Byfield, Mass."; "Springtime" (1884). --His wife, Agnes, born in Newburyport, is also an artist, painting landscapes, flower-pieces, and animals in oil-colors; her especial forte being cats, which she portrays with remarkable success, Her pictures are well known in the principal exhibitions of the United States.