6" by 6" Born in Mapleton, Minnesota, Paul Brown became a noted book and magazine illustrator and also an etcher and drawing specialist. He was the author and illustrator of thirty-three books including Aintree, Spills and Thrills, Hits and Misses, and Crazy Quilt, and illustrated over 100 books by other authors. His specialty was horses, which he began to draw at the age of six. He continued to study them, sketching at polo matches and horse races, until he could draw them without models. Brown also did catalog and sporting illustration for Brooks Brothers from 1920 for nearly forty years.