page_title: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, Sunday Morning in Sleepy Hollow, by 1902
context_page_description: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was an American painter, designer, etcher, commercial artist and illustrator. Brownscombe studied art for years in the United States and in Paris. She was a founding member, student and teacher at the Art Students League of New York. She made genre paintings, including revolutionary and colonial American history, most notably The First Thanksgiving held at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She sold the reproduction rights to more than 100 paintings, and images of her work have appeared on prints, calendars and greeting cards. Her works are in many public collections and museums. In 1899 she was described by New York World as "one of America's best artists."
caption: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, Sunday Morning in Sleepy Hollow, by 1902
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