The Bromley Family is an 1844 portrait painting by the British artist Ford Madox Brown.Treuherz p. 12 Simon pp. 161-62 It features a group portrait of members of the Bromley family, a middle-class family from Kent. Brown's first wife was Elizabeth Bromley, seen in the bottom right hand corner while her mother is to her left. Brown himself was a cousin of his wife who died of consumption in 1846. He produced this picture early in his career, but subsequently became associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Today the painting is in the collection of the Manchester Art Gallery, which acquired it in 1947.
See also List of paintings by Ford Madox Brown
References
Bibliography Bendiner, Kenneth. Art of Ford Madox Brown. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. Simon, Robin. The Portrait in Britain and America. G.K. Hall, 1987. Treuherz, Julian. Pre-Raphaelite Paintings from Manchester City Art Galleries. Manchester City Art Gallery, 1993.