The Property of GREER GARSON FOGELSON
JOHN GEORGE BROWN*(1831-1913)

Details
JOHN GEORGE BROWN*(1831-1913)

The Young Artist

signed J. G. Brown and dated N.Y., 1867, l. r.
oil on canvas
17 x 14in. (43.3 x 35.7 cm.)
Provenance
Hammer Galleries, New York

Lot Essay

According to Martha Hoppin, the sitter is probably the artist's sister-in-law at age 14, who later became the second Mrs. J.G. Brown. The picture depicted in the background of the painting is Sir David Wilkie's The Blind Fiddler.