An English Autumn Afternoon is an 1854 oil painting by the British artist Ford Madox Brown. It features a view across the suburbs of Hampstead on an autumn day. Crosby p.169 A member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Brown had begun the work in 1852 and the oval shape of the canvas represented an experiment. Although the art critic John Ruskin was a noted supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites, he was not impressed by this painting. Prettlejohn p.156-58
Today the painting is part of the collection of the Birmingham Art Gallery, which acquired it in 1916. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/an-english-autumn-afternoon-33599
See also List of paintings by Ford Madox Brown
References
Bibliography Crosby, Joanna. Apples and Orchards Since the Eighteenth Century: Material Innovation and Cultural Tradition. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. Ellis, Andrew & Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Birmingham. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008. Prettlejohn, Elizabeth. The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites. Cambridge University Press, 2012.