Attributed William Garl Browne (American, 1823-1894), Portrait of a Woman with an Open Book

Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in the original cove molded giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 33 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 42 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.

From the Wood Family’s Historic Mulberry Hill Home, Edenton, North Carolina

Collection of the late Martha Sims, Durham, North Carolina.

The canvas has an antique lining, with retouching to the upper left quadrant, two areas of loss at lower left and upper left (beneath the frame), and some areas of lifting; the frame with minor losses.