ford madox brown - eTheses Repository - University of Birmingham

and in fact suggested they name their magazine The Germ. He appears to be a much
neglected figure and as well as throwing further light on Brown as an artist
discussion of his ideas may also yield rewards for those wishing to pursue fresh
research on the formation of the PRB.
Another area for further study has been highlighted by the research carried out for
this thesis. Little scholarship has been undertaken to identify which works Brown
saw whilst in Rome between 1845 and 1846. The works he encountered on this trip
had a profound effect on his career, and further exploration may well produce
exciting results, allowing an insight into Brown's dramatic change of style but also
providing a view of the art accessible to other nineteenth-century artists. A focused
evaluation of travel guides from this period, notably Anna Jameson's Memoirs of the
Early Italian Painters and of the Progress of Painting in Italy: from Cimbue to
Bassano (1845) would provide a firm foundation for this line of enquiry. 6
The catalogue included in this thesis has looked in-depth at a neglected collection of
works on paper and archival material in order to create a resource which it is hoped
will be used by scholars and professionals working in the art world. It has also
acted as the departure point for the discussion of three areas of Brown's career
which have not previously been the subject of major scholarship. However, as with
any large collection there is potential for many other areas of research and it is
hoped that it will be the incentive for further new scholarship on Brown. This
collaborative project has achieved three main aims: to highlight the importance of
this rare collection; to raise awareness of the relevance of the study of works on
6 Anna Jameson, Memoirs of the early Italian Painters and of the Progress of Painting in Italy: from
Cimabue to Bassano, 2 vols., London, 1845.
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