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Alfred Laurens Brennan (February 14, 1853 – June 14, 1921) was an artist and illustrator in the United States.[1][2][3] The Delaware Art Museum has two of his works in their collection.[4]

He was born in Louisville, Kentucky and moved with his family to Cincinnati after the American Civil War. John Fletcher and Evangeline Brennan were his parents. Fletcher was a writer and publisher from Canada who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Brennan's mother was a Quaker from Pennsylvania.

Brennan studied at private schools and Saint Dustan's College on Prince Edward Island and with tutors. He went to the University of Cincinnati's School of Design.[5]

He did pen and ink drawings for newspapers and magazines. He also illustrated children's books.[6]

He married Lucy Lee and they had five children.[citation needed]


He died in Brooklyn, New York.[7]

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  1. ^ "alfred brennan 18 Jun 1921 Brooklyn Life obit". Brooklyn Life. June 18, 1921. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
  3. ^ "Artist Info". www.nga.gov.
  4. ^ "Works – Alfred Laurens Brennan – Artists – Delaware Art Museum". emuseum.delart.org.
  5. ^ "Alfred Laurens Brennan - Divination in Tea Leaves". www.artoftheprint.com.
  6. ^ "Alfred Laurens Brennan". emuseum.delart.org.
  7. ^ "University Art Gallery : Individual : Alfred Laurens Brennan (1853-1921) [Brennan, Alfred Laurens]". uag.pitt.edu.
  8. ^ Hill, Richard J. (November 3, 2016). Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pictorial Text: A Case Study in the Victorian Illustrated Novel. Routledge. ISBN 9781317062165 – via Google Books.
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