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"The Meet" Oil on Board of Horses & Riders Before a Hunt by John Lewis Brown

"The Meet" oil on board of horses and riders assembling before a hunt by John Lewis Brown ( 1829 - 1890 ).  Brown was a highly regarded sporting artist born in France to parents of Scottish descent.  Wax gallery seal on back from Durand Ruel,  Paris gallery.  Provenance : from the collection of Forsyth Wickes, a NYC lawyer who gave his major French furniture and decorative arts collection to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  

Signed lower right John Lewis Brown and dated 1885

15" h  x  18.5" w

FW 0039