An oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a shoe shiner boy. Signed, J. G. Brown, lower left. Framed. John George Brown, 1831 to 1913 was a British citizen and an American painter who specialized in genre scenes. He established a studio in 1860 and, in 1866, he became one of the charter members of the Water Color Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. Brown became famous for his idealized depictions of street urchins in New York, bootblacks, street musicians, posy sellers, newsboys, etc. Antique British Fine Art, Male Portrait Paintings, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.
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