Portrait of John Nicholas Brown I as a Lad (1871)

Portrait of John Nicholas Brown I as a Lad (1871)

This is a portrait of John Nicholas Brown I when he was a young boy. The original hung above the mantel when Sophia Augusta Brown, John Nicholas’ mother, lived in the house. John Nicholas Brown’s wife, Natalie Bayard Dresser, owned it after her husband’s death and she kept it in her home in Newport. Their son, John Nicholas Brown II, returned it to its original place above the dining room fireplace when he moved into the house.
The painting that currently hangs in the dining room is a replica. The replica was commissioned in 2006 when the original returned to the private collection of the Brown family.

Staig, Richard Morell (original), Hagen, John (reproduction)

1871 (original), 2006 (reproduction)

Emily Taylor

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