Thinking, Portrait of Emma Madox Brown

Inscriptions

inscribed, lower left in red gouache: artist's monogram and 70, partially covered by the attached gilded liner

Provenance

Mrs. M. A. Soskice (Juiet M. Hueffer Soskice, granddaughter of Ford Madox Brown) J S Maas & Co Ltd, London ?-2013: Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH December 2, 2013-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Quick Overview

Artist: Catherine Madox Brown (British, 1850–1927)
Date: c. 1870
Medium: watercolor and gouache on medium-weight wove paper
Dimensions: Sight: 52.7 x 36.5 cm (20 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
Accession no.: 2013.252

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.