17 Works, Today, April 16th is artist Ford Madox Brown’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #105

The Roman fort of Mamucium was established by 78 AD at a site overlooking the confluence of the rivers Irwell and Medlock. This was a timber fort with earthen ramparts for an auxiliary cohort of infantry of around 500 men.

The fort went through several phase of rebuilding and around 160 AD was extended on one side to incorporate granaries. In around 200 AD it was refaced in stone when the Emperor Severus came to the north of England to subdue a revolt. More on tThe Romans Building Manchester

Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821–6 October 1893) was a British painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his most notable painting was Work (1852–1865) (See below). Brown spent the latter years of his life painting the twelve works known as The Manchester Murals, depicting Mancunian history, for Manchester Town Hall…

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