John Henry Brown Miniature Portrait c1845
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Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures: Pre 1900: Item # 1445521
Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures: Pre 1900: Item # 1445521
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A mourning portrait miniature attributed to John Henry Brown of an attractive young woman with blue eyes and long curly hair. The painting is in excellent condition with no problems. The velvet lined leather case is also in excellent condition, with normal and expected light wear to the exterior. The white flecks in the photographs are dust motes, and not present in person. Sight size is 3" by 2 1/2", and the case size is 3 5/8" by 3 1/8".
A mourning portrait miniature attributed to John Henry Brown of an attractive young woman with blue eyes and long curly hair. The painting is in excellent condition with no problems. The velvet lined leather case is also in excellent condition, with normal and expected light wear to the exterior. The white flecks in the photographs are dust motes, and not present in person. Sight size is 3" by 2 1/2", and the case size is 3 5/8" by 3 1/8".
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: John Henry Brown (1818-1891), born in Lancaster, PA, began an apprenticeship in 1836 to the painter Arthur Armstrong while working as a clerk in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Recorder's Office. In 1839 Brown established himself as a professional portraitist and sign painter, but in 1844 began devoting himself exclusively to miniature painting, initially with enormous success. The following year he settled in Philadelphia, where he exhibited his miniatures frequently at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Artists' Fund Society until 1864. He was commissioned to do a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and also did works of many other notables, including James Buchanan and Stonewall Jackson.
