Joseph, who was married about this time, through the good offices of the Comte de Serizy, to the daughter of a millionaire farmer, inherited his brother’s house in Paris and the estate of Brambourg, in consequence of the entail, which Philippe, had he foreseen this result, would certainly have broken.  The chief pleasure the painter derived from his inheritance was in the fine collection of paintings from Issoudun.  He now possesses an income of sixty thousand francs, and his father-in-law, the farmer, continues to pile up the five-franc pieces.  Though Joseph Bridau paints magnificent pictures, and renders important services to artists, he is not yet a member of the Institute.  As the result of a clause in the deed of entail, he is now Comte de Brambourg, a fact which often makes him roar with laughter among his friends in the atelier.

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Note:  The Two Brothers is also known as A Bachelor’s Establishment and The Black Sheep.  In other Addendum appearances it is referred to as A
Bachelor’s Establishment.

Bianchon, Horace
  Father Goriot
  The Atheist’s Mass
  Cesar Birotteau
  The Commission in Lunacy
  Lost Illusions
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  The Secrets of a Princess
  The Government Clerks
  Pierrette
  A Study of Woman
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  Honorine
  The Seamy Side of History
  The Magic Skin
  A Second Home
  A Prince of Bohemia
  Letters of Two Brides
  The Muse of the Department
  The Imaginary Mistress
  The Middle Classes
  Cousin Betty
  The Country Parson
In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following: 
  Another Study of Woman
  La Grande Breteche

Birotteau, Cesar
  Cesar Birotteau
  At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

Bixiou, Jean-Jacques
  The Purse
  The Government Clerks
  Modeste Mignon
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  The Firm of Nucingen
  The Muse of the Department
  Cousin Betty
  The Member for Arcis
  Beatrix
  A Man of Business
  Gaudissart II. 
  The Unconscious Humorists
  Cousin Pons

Brambourg, Comte de (Title of Philippe Bridau, later Joseph)
  The Unconscious Humorists

Bridau, Philippe
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Bridau, Joseph
  The Purse
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  A Start in Life
  Modeste Mignon
  Another Study of Woman
  Pierre Grassou
  Letters of Two Brides
  Cousin Betty
  The Member for Arcis

Bruel, Jean Francois du
  The Government Clerks
  A Start in Life
  A Prince of Bohemia
  The Middle Classes
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  A Daughter of Eve

Bruel, Claudine Chaffaroux, Madame du
  A Prince of Bohemia
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  Letters of Two Brides
  The Middle Classes