signed 'WBrownlow.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 x 30 in.
Price Realized £7,200
George Washington Brownlow specialised in figurative subjects. He lived in London and Suffolk, but also painted in Ireland and Northumberland, exhibiting at the Royal Academy (1860-75), the British Institution, and the Royal Society of British Artists. The present painting was shown at Suffolk Street, the R.S.B.A venue, in 1866; Brownlow's other submission that year, Findon fishermen mending their nets, perhaps giving us a clue to the whereabouts of the present scene. Findon is a historic village on the West Sussex coast.
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Findon is south of Aberdeen. Brownlow was in this area when he painted "Baptism at the jail" and with the rocky coast, I'd say it is Aberdeen/Kincardineshire.
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