Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850 - 1936) American. Oil on Canvas. Measure 17 1/2"in H x 12"in W and 26"in H x 20 1/2"in W with frame. Born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Jennie Brownscombe is noted for historical genre including scenes of the Revolutionary War and Colonial America such as an interior at the White House titled Dolly Madison's Ball and paintings of the life of George and Martha Washington. Her most famous painting is The First Thanksgiving, which is now in the Museum of Pilgrim Treasures in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1871, after having been a teacher for a period of time, she went to New York City and graduated from the School for Design for Women of the Cooper Union. She then studied four years at the National Academy of Design and was a founder and teacher of the Art Students League. In Paris, she studied with American artist, Henry Mosler, and from 1886 to 1895, maintained a studio in Rome where she spent part of each year. Her Catskill Mountain studio mate, close friend and long-time influence on her painting was Henry Hall until his death in 1913. Her illustrations were widely published: Scribner's Magazine, Harpers Weekly and Louis Prang cards and calendars, and her watercolors were popular as well as her oils. She exhibited with the Water Color Society in Rome.Brownscombe was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and the National Art Club.

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