[PW] Artist John Francis who painted in Venice

[Sylvia Milne]

A search in Grove just brings up
Francis, John F.
(b Philadelphia, PA, 13 Aug 1808; d Jeffersonville, PA, 15 Nov 1886).

He seems to have been mainly a still-life painter, but:
 "American painter. Beginning as an itinerant portrait painter in rural 
Pennsylvania, he produced works including flattering, colourful portraits of 
his sisters in the style of Thomas Sully, often incorporating small 
still-life details (e.g. Three Children, 1840; Boston, MA, Mus. F.A.). He 
abandoned portraiture after 1850 to concentrate exclusively on still-life 
subjects in the tradition of the Peale family"

Possibly the three Venetian girls are flattering portraits of his sisters.

Sylvia Milne

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> I've been asked to find some information on an artist named John Francis 
> and have had no luck. The Town I work for has been given a large 5-foot 
> painting called "Three Venetian Girls" painted whilst looking down from a 
> balcony overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice. The painting was bought in 
> a gallery in France around 1889 by an American. Any ideas?
>
>  Freyja
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