With its exceptional detail and nostalgic ambiance, “Sunday Morning in Sleepy Hollow” by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was widely reproduced by magazines, calendar firms and publishers. Called “the Norman Rockwell of her era,” Brownscombe (1850-1936) crafted sentimental genre paintings and scenes from colonial American history. Born in a log cabin in rural Pennsylvania, Brownscombe sold prints of her oils and watercolors to support herself after her father died. Garnering acclaim throughout the country, she also founded the Art Students League. Brownscombe exhibited in Rome, London, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, and continued painting until she was 81.

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