File talk:Stockton & Darlington Railway (Brown via Getty Images).jpg

Originally attributed: J.R. Brown, probably Joseph Brown, Engraver (active 1837–1886)[1], photo taken by Rischgitz/Getty Images As Brown was active in 1837, he is unlikely have been still living in 1944.

Reasoning for reattribution: Without doubting the copyright status, J.R. Brown was not the Joseph Brown postulated...
JB was solely an historical and portrait engraver (ie copies of existing artwork)
JB engraved very finely on steel using a mixture of line and stipple techniques
JB never used a middle initial or name from baptism to death
JB died 1887

JRB was active 1872-1890 (http://www.garwood-voigt.com/catalogues/maps50-90.htm)
JRB was classed as a draughtsman/illustrator rather than an engraver (http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/personExtended/mp05830/william-luson-thomas?tab=iconography)
JRB's illustrations were carved into wood
JRB's style is very different - 'current affairs' from life or imagination (http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/search.php?search=J+R+Brown&bool=phrase)
"JRB may be J.R. Brown, draughtsman illustrator who worked for The Graphic 1874-1877 and 1885-1888" (http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1195237)

JRB's signature is also very different to that of JB

So I have corrected attribution to 'J.R, Brown, Draughtsman/Illustrator for "The Graphic' (active 1872-1890)"

Further notes: Full name was John Robert Brown, born Alnwick, Northumberland in the last quarter of 1850 (ONS Q4 1850 Alnwick, Northumberland Vol 25, P233) The 1881 England census shows him as 'Artist/Painter Illustrated Newspaper' in Clerkenwell, London (RG10/349 F42 p27 Sched 178) The 1899 obituary of father John Brown gives details of JRB's later career as designer (Morpeth Herald - Saturday 04 February 1899 p5 c5) The 1911 England census shows him as 'Designer' in Chorlton cum Hardy, Lancashire (RG14/23672) Dies 17 January 1918 aged 68 at same address in Chorlton (England/Wales National Probate Calendar: 1918 Br)