Full length portrait of seated young lady in white flowered bonnet and brown dress, holding small book, seated in scroll back Federal style side chair on paper. Mounted in ogee Chestnut frame with gilt liner and beveled back board with penciled date of 1836. Inked inscription on reverse of paper reading Painted by I.G. Green 1846, 9 x 13 1/2", frame12 x 16 1/4". Little is known of this itinerate portrait painter. It is believed that he emigrated from American to England in the late 1820s, did some paintings there and eventually returned to America in the 1850s. A portrait of a young gentleman is known with back inscription matching this one except the date is 1829. Condition Even toning, else Fine.