Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Augustus Brown
Object Number:
1987.1
Date:
1889
Medium:
Pastel on paper, mounted on stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 30 in. ( 63.5 x 76.2 cm )
frame: 42 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 107.3 x 94.6 x 6.4 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black pastel" "Sarony"; inscribed at middle left in black pastel: "NS[monogram] -- 1889".
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Napoleon Sarony was a New York lithographer, protrait painter and photographer. Augustus Brown, husband of the subject, was an important New York investment banker. The Brown family was living on West 42nd Street in 1862.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Walston Brown
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
