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Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Young Woman, 1886, Attr. to William Garl Browne Jr. - Attributed to William Garl Browne Jr. or Wm. Garl Browne Jr., English-American, 1823?1894, oil on canvas portrait of a young woman in a white high-collared dress, seated beside a writing slope or lap desk with flowers in the foreground and a moody landscape beyond. The reverse bears an old typed label reading, ?Wm. Carl Browne Pinxit of Washington D.C. August 1886,? with ?pinxit? being the traditional Latin term meaning ?painted by.? The sitter is rendered with direct frontal gaze, delicate jewelry, floral corsage, and finely handled lace collar. 41.5 in. H, 34 in. W. Condition: Oil on canvas, relined or restretched with later stretcher and frame backing hardware. Surface with craquelure, scattered abrasions, grime, minor surface irregularities