This oil on board by John George Brown

Depicts a classic Brown

Subject An urban street Urchin "A Shoeshine Boy"in a Hudson River Landscape

The Condition is good   No Restoration

The size is 18"×14"

The antique frame is original

The painting is Signed lower center, and inscribed National Academy

John George Brown was born in England

He emigrated to New York as a young man

He specializes in

Urban street Urchins

And newsboys

His genre paintings are

Representative at many Museums and galleries worldwide

John George Brown died in NYC in 1913