Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta (1850–1936)

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Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta (1850–1936)

American painter. Born Dec 10, 1850, near Honesdale, Pennsylvania; died Aug 5, 1936, in New York, NY; dau. of William Brownscombe (English farmer) and Elvira (Kennedy) Brownscombe; attended Cooper Institute School of Design, National Academy of Design, and Art Students League; never married; no children.

Specializing in genre and works depicting early American history, sold 1st painting "Grandmother's Treasures" (1876); contributed illustrations to Scribner and Harper's Weekly; studied in Paris with Henry Mosler (beginning 1882); exhibited at Royal Academy in London (1900), Water Color Society in Rome, and in Philadelphia, NY and Chicago; began association with George Henry Hall (1890); had more than 100 prints copyrighted when magazines, calendar firms, and publishers of prints sought out her work; produced works on historical subjects including "The Peace Ball" (1895–97) and "The First American Thanksgiving"; contributed color illustrations to Pauline Bouvé's Tales of the Mayflower Children (1927).

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