A Longshoreman
n.d.
Painter, American, born England, 1831 - 1913
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 65
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase by exchange: Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Sargent)
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Dimensions
overall: 30.48 × 45.72 cm (12 × 18 in.)
framed: 46.99 × 60.33 × 6.99 cm (18 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.238
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; (his sale, by Robert Somerville, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 26-27 January 1892, 1st day, no. 5); Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; (his sale, American Art Galleries, 14-17 February 1899, no. 20); A. Steckler. (sale, O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries, New York).[1] (John Levy Galleries, New York), in 1944.[2] private collection; by descent to consignor to 2009 sale; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 5 March 2009, no. 138); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] This information is from a label on the back of the frame. The painting has not yet been identified in an O'Reilly auction.
[2] The painting was included in an exhibition at the Levy Galleries; no owners were identified in the exhibition checklist.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1944
America in the 19th Century: Its People - Pleasures - And Pursuits, John Levy Galleries, New York, 16 May - 3 June 1944, no. 18.
Bibliography
2010
Hoppin, Martha. The World of J.G. Brown. Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 2010: 126, 127 fig. 6-4, 237 n. 57, 246.
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 146, 290, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: J.G. Brown N.A.
Wikidata ID
Q46626984