Talk:Charles Armitage Brown

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Is there any evidence that Brown made any attempt to travel to Italy during Keat's illness or that he was shocked that Keats died before he could do so? Keats and Severn wrote many times to Brown from Italy, the contents of which Brown censored in reporting to Fanny Brawne for fear of upsetting her, so I don't think Brown could have been under any illusions about Keat's health. But I can't see the evidence that Brown tried to travel to Italy over those months (he didn't seem particularly short of cash at that time of his life). It seems more likely that Brown thought that Keats was being well-cared for by Severn and didn't think he could do anything more to help. There is also the complication of Brown's "natural son" (I presume that means illegitimate) in his life at that time. Kerry (talk) 00:13, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

To BlueAmethyst, thank you for your excellent edits to my article on Charles Armitage Brown.

There were so many links to him but no article.

If you have a chance have a go on my article on Edward Ellerker Williams.

Regards, Sirswindon (talk) 18:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)SirSwindon.



Re: Kerry Raymonds edits in December of 2009. There were so many it is impossible to follow them. I wish he had done one edit off line and made one "grand edit." I will try to unscramble them but I don't believe I will be successful. Why do people do this? Sirswindon (talk) 04:31, 1 January 2010 (UTC) SirSwindon



Have plaque
I've came to New Zealand (and New Plymouth in particular) in 1985 and quickly noticed the grave. I was struck by the plaque, which specified he was not just a friend, but the friend, of Keats. There is no proof that I can find that the plaque said he was the mentor of Keats. Would anyone mind if that part was replaced by my part (the bit about the plaque saying 'the friend of Keats)? John Decker NZ (talk) 10:41, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Shame you can't edit the talk - have plaque should read grave plaque. Sigh. John Decker NZ (talk) 10:42, 10 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, ! First, you can edit talk. It is the edit summary when you SAVE an article that you cannot edit. Re the plaque, I agree with you that the photo says Friend of Keats as does citation [17], so I fixed it as you suggested. The other thing I need to point out is that we don't include external links (as you have done for the two photos) within the body of a Wikipedia article (only internal Wikipedia links are allowed) but we can place them in the External links section. Ditto the external link to Puke Ariki but as there is an Wikipedia article for that museum, we can replace the external link with the internal link. I've fixed those links up too. Thanks. Kerry (talk) 04:08, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Is the photograph really Brown?
The genealogical work compiled by B.A. Mitchell (1983) does identify the photo here as being of Charles Armitage Brown, but I wonder if it's really him. Photography was in its infancy in 1842, the year Brown died -- but this image doesn't have the look or feel of a "primitive" photograph. Also, Brown was described in several sources as being a portly man, but the guy in the photo does not look overweight. Muzilon (talk) 03:45, 5 November 2022 (UTC)