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Midshipman Augustus Brine (1770-1840), (painting). Artist:  Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815, painter. Title:  Midshipman Augustus Brine (1770-1840), (painting). Dates:  1782. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  50 x 40 in. (127.0 x 101.6 cm). Description:  Portrait of a young Augustus Brine, the son of Admiral James Brine of Dorset, at the age of thirteen, when he was appointed midshipman in the Royal Navy. In the background there is a cliff at the edge of the sea, with a ship sailing away in the background. Subject:  Portrait male -- Brine, Augustus -- Child Waterscape Architecture -- Boat Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 43.86.4 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Brine, Augustus James, Rev., Lymington, England until 1879. Knapton, Augustus L. K., Lymington, England Knapton, Mrs., Lymington, England Duveen, Lord, London, England until Dec. 12, 1924. Christie, Manson and Woods, London, England Sale (Dec. 12, 1924), no. 111 Frank T. Sabin, London, England 1924. Duveen Brothers, London, England 1924. Brixey, Richard De Wolfe, by 1930-1943. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Gardner & Feld, "American Ptgs," Metropolitan Museum, Vol. I, 1965, pg. 48-49. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 105. Illustration:  Image on file. "Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972, pg. 11. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 105. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36120035   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120035 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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