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John George Brown: The Transit of Venus   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John George Brown  (1831–1913)  wikidata:Q2919973
 
John George Brown
Alternative names
J. G. Brown; Brown; g. brown; j. g. brown; j.g. brown
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 11 November 1831 Edit this at Wikidata 8 February 1913 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Durham, England New York City
Work location
Brooklyn (1855) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q2919973
Title
The Transit of Venus
Description
Depicts children in New York Citysharing a piece of smoked glass to follow the transit of Venus across the Sun in 1882.
Date 1883
date QS:P571,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Dimensions height: 76.8 cm (30.2 in); width: 63.5 cm (25 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,76.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,63.5U174728
Object history Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 25-29 January 1972, lot 84; - Dr. John J. McDonough Collection, Youngstown, Ohio, acquired from the above; - Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 22 March 1978, lot 24; - Private collection.
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'J.G. Brown N.A./1883.'
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5379488 (sale 2362, lot 98, New York, 1 September 2010)
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Engraving version as published by Harper's Weekly

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