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Captain John Brown, (painting). Artist:  Blackburn, Joseph, active 1752-1778, painter. Title:  Captain John Brown, (painting). Other Titles:  John Brown (1697-1764), (painting). Dates:  1754. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  51 x 41 in. Inscription:  (On front of canvas:) Blackburn Pinixit 1754 (On front of canvas, inscribed on the letters that Capt. Brown holds in his hand:) To Capt. Jn Brown/in Newport Rhode Island (The second letter reads:) To N King Esq. Mercht in S.C. signed Description:  Portrait of Captain John Brown (1697-1764), seated, turned 3/4 to the right and shown almost full-length, to just below the knees. He wears a powdered wig which falls to his shoulders, a white neckcloth and small muslin shirt ruffle, a brown coat, waistcoat and knee-breeches and white stockings. His right hand, holding a quill-pen, rests upon a small cloth-covered table with ink stand, quill pen and two letters. Subject:  Portrait male -- Brown, John -- Knee length Object -- Written Matter -- Letter Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Recreation -- Leisure -- Letter Reading & Writing Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Brown, John Nicholas, Heirs of, John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Russell, Henry P., Esq., New York, New York Russell, Charles Howland, Mr. & Mrs., New York, New York Remarks:  The painting was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) from 1925 to 1932. IAP files contain related correspondence, dated Dec. 9, 1947, from the museum. References:  "Early Portraits in Rhode Island: 1700-1850," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence: 1967. John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, 1990. Park, Lawrence, "Joseph Blackburn, a colonial portrait painter," Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1923. Illustration:  Image on file. "Early Portraits in Rhode Island: 1700-1850," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence: 1967, no. 7. 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 80960019   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 80960019 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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