Grafton Tyler Brown (February 22, 1841 – March 2, 1918) was an American painter, lithographer and cartographer.

[1] His parents were Wilhelmina and Thomas Brown, who were born free in Maryland and moved to Pennsylvania in 1837.

[1] Brown's work in the Bay Area and in the Nevada Territory included documentation of settlements, property sales, claims and city boundaries.

In 1884 he moved back to the United States and traveled throughout the northwest and west, painting such sites as Mount Rainier.

[1] Grafton Tyler Brown was a painter whose identity changed from Black to white as he moved across the Pacific Northwest.