5 10 118 https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/ccc141b8f573e620fa0f0d28e5de32a2.jpg c38d049b44296f9c53fd5111542a8bc3 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Needlepoint Rug Designed by Jacques Yesel Muiden (July 2016) Description An account of the resource John Nicholas Brown II wanted to be an architect and he wanted this rug to fit in with the music room architecturally. He contacted a well-known Portuguese carpet maker, Jacques Yesel Muiden, to design and make this 100% wool needlepoint rug in 1968. In his correspondence Brown asked Muiden to include a bouquet of roses to draw attention to the center of the rug and sent a sample of wallpaper from the room as a pattern. John Nicholas Brown also chose the wallpaper. In 1936, he sought to replicate wallpaper at the John Brown House across the street, which he had once owned before donating it to the Rhode Island Historical Society. Even though Brown purchased the wallpaper more than thirty years earlier, it was more expensive than the carpet, costing around $1,235 compared to the $950 for the rug. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Minah Seo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Banks III, Jesse 20th Century Furniture John Nicholas Brown II Music Room https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/062cc9cc6f63416a1ec0ddd628ff653a.jpg 939730f3491e8c0e10c2cb82b3751ee9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Scagliola Side Tables Purchased by Anne Brown (July 2016) Description An account of the resource Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown bought these scagliola side tables as a defining feature of the music room. The tables were versatile, and could hold guests’ drinks, lamps, or other decorations. An Italian architectural technique popularized by the Medici family, Scagliola substituted cheaper material for expensive marble inlays. As this practice became more widespread and popular, scagliola furniture and art became more refined and valued at higher prices. The Browns bought this furniture at the height of its popularity and may well have paid as much for it as for real marble. Conservators repaired the inlay on these original tables during the reconstruction of the house. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Minah Seo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Banks III, Jesse 20th Century Anne Brown Furniture Music Room https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/419682fff3b12491718afdaab5ab1c53.jpg 734790c498598504661b0c95484ddb62 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of a Formal Party in the Dining Room Description An account of the resource This is a photograph of a formal party hosted at the Nightingale-Brown House. John Nicholas Brown II is in the center of the photograph, wearing a tuxedo. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Taylor Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of George Washington Purchased by Anne Brown (1956) Description An account of the resource The three Americana portraits represent Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown’s passion for military uniforms and regalia. She acquired the trio of portraits together in 1956 for $14,700. Before Anne bought them, they found their way from France to a military collection in Rhode Island, “a state in whose history each of the three generals had an important part.” The artist of the portraits of Marquis Lafayette and George Washington is attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, an eighteenth century French painter. He was known for painting battle and mitiarlistic scenes and was appointed “premier peintre du prince de Conde”. And the portrait of Comte de Rochambeau is attributed to another French painter by the name of Gelee. The frame of Washington’s portrait depicts the shield of the United States at the top, while the other two feature the Brown family coat of arms. The Washington portrait, from the early 1780s, imitates a Charles Wilson Peale portrait of the general. The portrait presents Washington in a relaxed posture after the Battle of Yorktown. He is dressed in the Continental Army blue and buff and his blue ribbon denotes his status as a staff officer while the background features the defeated enemy’s colors. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Le Paon, Jean-Baptiste Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Early 1780s (Approx.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Minah Seo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Anne Brown Music Room Painting Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of Marquis Lafayette Purchased by Anne Brown (1956) Description An account of the resource The three Americana portraits represent Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown’s passion for military uniforms and regalia. She acquired the trio of portraits together in 1956 for $14,700. Before Anne bought them, they found their way from France to a military collection in Rhode Island, “a state in whose history each of the three generals had an important part.” The artist of the portraits of Marquis Lafayette and George Washington is attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, an eighteenth century French painter. He was known for painting battle and mitiarlistic scenes and was appointed “premier peintre du prince de Conde”. And the portrait of Comte de Rochambeau is attributed to another French painter by the name of Gelee. The frame of Washington’s portrait depicts the shield of the United States at the top, while the other two feature the Brown family coat of arms. In this portrait, Lafayette is the midst of a battle or in preparation for one as evident by the brooding natural background. He wears his general’s epaulettes and a blue French-cut ribbon. The blue coat and the black tricorn hat were that of a regimental cavalry officer because, as Anne Brown notes, he was “proud of his cavalry origins.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Le Paon, Jean-Baptiste Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Early 1780s (Approx.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Minah Seo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Anne Brown Music Room Painting https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/36c72d20fa4c99125d1a1a19e2bf253f.jpg eec116a8a62134a272482b60a81527ba Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Diary Entry by John Nicholas Brown I (January 1st, 1880) Description An account of the resource This is a photograph of John Nicholas Brown I's diary, opened to the entry for January 1st, 1880. The entry describes a New Year's Eve dinner party his mother hosted in the Nightingale-Brown House. He was nineteen years old at the time he wrote this. Transcription: "Our first dinner party went off today very successfully. There were 14 at the table besides mother. My position between Miss Parsons and Miss Anchincloss was a very pleasant one. After dinner a few moments were spent in the Library and there we played 'Camps' till after 10 when a cake containing two rings was cut. Arthur got one and I got the other which on lots being drawn, by abominable luck fell to Hattie Gammell. We all felt mad to have them both go to one family. See Jan 4th." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brown I, John Nicholas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy of item held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Taylor Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880-01-01 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of Comte de Rochambeau Purchased by Anne Brown (1956) Description An account of the resource The three Americana portraits represent Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown’s passion for military uniforms and regalia. She acquired the trio of portraits together in 1956 for $14,700. Before Anne bought them, they found their way from France to a military collection in Rhode Island, “a state in whose history each of the three generals had an important part.” The artist of the portraits of Marquis Lafayette and George Washington is attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, an eighteenth century French painter. He was known for painting battle and mitiarlistic scenes and was appointed “premier peintre du prince de Conde”. And the portrait of Comte de Rochambeau is attributed to another French painter by the name of Gelee. The frame of Washington’s portrait depicts the shield of the United States at the top, while the other two feature the Brown family coat of arms. Painted later than its counterparts, the Rochambeau portrait was likely posthumous because it portrayed Rochambeau at the height of his career. His pose is more formal and static than the paintings of Washington and LaFayette. Rochambeau rests his marshal's baton on a stack of documents. In a confident stance, Rochambeau wears the uniform of a full-dress French general: blue coat with gold lacing, red waistcoat and breeches. On his coat is the star of the Order of the Saint-Esprit, which was awarded to him in 1771. The general dominates the landscape. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gelee Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Early 18th Century (Approx.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Minah Seo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Anne Brown Music Room Painting https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/34bbf33296a55907ce0ae6e0b078d324.jpg 72de83629f1ee26791183d9b9ac09074 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Diary Sketch by John Nicholas Brown I (January 1st, 1880) Description An account of the resource This photograph shows a sketch in the diary of John Nicholas Brown I. The sketch is of the seating chart for the dinner party his mother hosted on New Year's Eve, 1880. See the photograph of the diary entry and the modern audio recording for more details. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brown I, John Nicholas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy of item held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880-01-01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Taylor Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/e1e362c9003da7889c58a8670aeedbee.jpg dd8663dfd292b2d9cc59862e15595d4d Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brown Family Christmas card (1968) Description An account of the resource The Brown family gathers for an annual Christmas card on the steps of the Nightingale-Brown House in 1968. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy of item held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jennifer Shook Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/b73bddc66fa0b827645213b688cb4716.jpg 744208b4d60419fb48b3e8fab8b687fc Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of Christmas Cards in Nightingale-Brown House parlor (Approx. 1970s) Description An account of the resource The 20th century Browns used their study to proudly display the myriad Christmas cards they received over the course of the holiday season. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970s (Approx.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jennifer Shook Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated