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Jul 27, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
James Sidney Brown (1819-1893) Trolling, 1852
signed and dated "JBrown 1852" lower left
oil on canvas, 20 by 30 in.
Beacon Hill Fine Art, New York label on back
A contemporary of Eastman Johnson, James Brown was a painter from New York and St. Louis. He is listed in "Who's Who in American Art" as a landscape, marine, genre, and portrait painter. Like Johnson, he exhibited at the American Art Union in 1850 and the National Academy of Design from 1850-1855.
Provenance: Private Collection, acquired from Alexander Gallery, New York, November 1981
Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection, acquired from Keno Auctions, May 1-2, 2010, lot 357
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