WILLIAM HENRY BROWN (AMERICAN, 1808-1883), ATTRIBUTED, CUT-AND-PASTED FULL-LENGTH SILHOUETTE OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL (VIRGINIA, 1755-1835), no signature located, old note attached verso, in Marshall Goodman's hand, giving artist and sitter attribution. Housed under glass in a period, possibly original, gilt frame. Circa 1830. 10" x 6" sight, 14 1/4" x 10 1/4" OA.
Catalogue Note: Born in Charleston, South Carolina, William Henry Brown (1808-1883) was an itinerant artist, who, when not traveling, split time between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and his native city in the Lowcountry. Brown is also known to have visited St. Louis, Missouri; New Orleans, Louisiana; Natchez, Mississippi; and Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, where he offered his services as a silhouette artist to a public that was eager for personal and public profiles of all kinds. Brown is probably best known for his popular Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, published in 1846, which features lithographic copies of his silhouettes that were produced by the Kelloggs in Hartford, Connecticut and which contains a full-length profile of John Marshall that is based upon this original.

The important collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr., Richmond, VA.
Exhibited: By Heart and Hand: Collecting Southern Decorative Arts, Art Museum of Western Virginia, October 2, 1998 - February 17, 1999.

Good overall visual condition with moderate toning, foxing, and areas of staining / discoloration. Frame with minor wear and losses. Not examined out of frame.