[Brownell, Charles DeWolf]:

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[ORIGINAL PAINTING OF THE MONTE ESPERANZA CAFETAL COFFEE PLANTATION IN THE MADRUGA DISTRICT OF CUBA]. This attractive landscape painting depicting a Cuban coffee plantation was almost certainly executed by artist Charles DeWolf Brownell, in the mid to late 1850s. As would be customary with Brownell, who was greatly influenced by the artists of the Hudson River School, the image is dominated by the Cuban landscape of lush greenery, rolling hills, and blue sky, with the main buildings on the edges of the work. There are various types of trees dotting the landscape, as well as shrubs, a stone fence, and livestock. At the bottom of the painting a horse ridden by a black servant pulls a barranca-style carriage occupied by a woman in a pink dress. In the center a man in a white suit and hat walks up a hill toward the plantation house beside a horse carrying a similarly dressed man. Five of the plantation structures are depicted. The main house, a white two-story gabled building with a balcony, is on the far left. A woman stands in the doorway. On the far right of the painting is a slat-roofed building with a large billowing chimney and slaves at work. In the center of the image are three more buildings: a thatch-roofed hut filled with sugarcane, and two storage buildings. The sky is bright blue, with pillowy white clouds rolling by.Charles DeWolf Brownell (1822–1909) was born in Rhode Island and spent most of his adult life in Hartford and New York City. Trained as a lawyer, he aba

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