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S. E. Brown (active mid- to late-19th century) was an American illustrator and engraver whose work appeared in popular periodicals such as Harper’s Weekly and Ballou’s Pictorial. Like many engravers of his generation, Brown specialized in translating artists’ drawings into wood-engraved images for mass publication, helping to bring news, landscapes, and scenes of daily life to a national audience.

Though little is documented about his personal life or training, Brown’s signed engravings reflect the precision and craftsmanship typical of the golden age of American illustrated journalism in the 1850s–1870s. His work contributes to the visual record of a rapidly modernizing United States.