Joseph Brown was a London-based line and stipple engraver. Most of his works are small portrait engravings, made after the work of contemporary artists. Brown exhibited ten works at the Royal Academy between 1857 and 1886. From 1857 to 1881 his address is listed in the Royal Academy’s ‘Dictionary of Exhibitors’ as Dartmouth Row and, from 1882, as No. 61 Dartmouth Road, in Forest Hill.