Ford Madox Brown
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Ford Madox Brown was a 19th-century British painter closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his richly detailed, socially conscious historical and genre scenes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ford Madox Brown canonical | 48 |
| Ford Madox Brown (painter) | 1 |
| Ford Madox Brown oeuvre | 1 |
| Ford Madox Brown, English painter | 1 |
| Ford Madox Brown’s oeuvre | 1 |
| Madox Brown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T267527 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ford Madox Brown Context triple: [Pre-Raphaelite art, hasNotableArtist, Ford Madox Brown]
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A.
John Everett Millais
John Everett Millais was a leading 19th-century British painter and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for his highly detailed, emotionally charged works such as "Ophelia."
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B.
William Holman Hunt
William Holman Hunt was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for his highly detailed, symbolically rich Victorian paintings.
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C.
J. M. W. Turner
J. M. W. Turner was a pioneering 19th-century English Romantic painter renowned for his atmospheric, light-filled landscapes and seascapes that anticipated Impressionism.
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D.
L. S. Lowry
L. S. Lowry was a 20th-century English painter best known for his distinctive industrial landscapes populated with “matchstick” figures, depicting working-class life in northern England.
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E.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a 19th-century English poet, painter, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for his richly symbolic, medieval-inspired artworks and verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ford Madox Brown Target entity description: Ford Madox Brown was a 19th-century British painter closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his richly detailed, socially conscious historical and genre scenes.
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A.
John Everett Millais
John Everett Millais was a leading 19th-century British painter and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for his highly detailed, emotionally charged works such as "Ophelia."
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B.
William Holman Hunt
William Holman Hunt was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for his highly detailed, symbolically rich Victorian paintings.
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C.
J. M. W. Turner
J. M. W. Turner was a pioneering 19th-century English Romantic painter renowned for his atmospheric, light-filled landscapes and seascapes that anticipated Impressionism.
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D.
L. S. Lowry
L. S. Lowry was a 20th-century English painter best known for his distinctive industrial landscapes populated with “matchstick” figures, depicting working-class life in northern England.
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E.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a 19th-century English poet, painter, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for his richly symbolic, medieval-inspired artworks and verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British painter
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Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist ⓘ genre painter ⓘ history painter ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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| birthDate | 1821-04-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Calais
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France ⓘ |
| child |
Catherine Madox Brown
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Lucy Madox Brown ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1893-10-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
French Académie des Beaux-Arts
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surface form:
Académie des Beaux-Arts
Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Antwerp ⓘ
surface form:
Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts
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| familyName | Brown ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
genre painting
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historical painting ⓘ mural painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| genre |
historical painting
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religious painting ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| givenName | Ford ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ford Madox Ford
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Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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| influencedBy |
Northern Renaissance
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surface form:
Early Netherlandish painting
Flemish painting ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
German Romanticism
Nazarene movement ⓘ
surface form:
Nazarenes
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| knownFor |
mural cycles in Manchester Town Hall
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richly detailed historical scenes ⓘ socially conscious genre scenes ⓘ |
| movement |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite movement
Romanticism ⓘ |
| name | Ford Madox Brown self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Manchester Town Hall
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surface form:
Manchester Town Hall murals
|
| notableWork |
Chaucer at the Court of Edward III
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Cordelia’s Portion ⓘ Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet ⓘ Take your Son, Sir! ⓘ The Last of England ⓘ The Last of England ⓘ
surface form:
The Last of England (1852–1855)
The Last of England ⓘ
surface form:
The Last of England (1855 version)
Manchester Art Gallery ⓘ
surface form:
The Manchester Murals
The Pretty Baa-Lambs ⓘ The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry ⓘ Work ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| relative | Ford Madox Ford ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Manchester ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Bromley
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Emma Hill ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ford Madox Brown Description of subject: Ford Madox Brown was a 19th-century British painter closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his richly detailed, socially conscious historical and genre scenes.
Referenced by (53)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Manchester Town Hall)
The Germ: Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art
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Ford Madox Brown
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this entity surface form:
Ford Madox Brown oeuvre
this entity surface form:
Ford Madox Brown, English painter
this entity surface form:
Ford Madox Brown’s oeuvre
this entity surface form:
Madox Brown