BROWNELL, Charles De Wolf  (1822-1909) landscape painter.
          Born Providence, Rhode Island, 1822. 
          One of his four Charter Oak paintings (1855-56) served as
          design for 1935 Connecticut Commemorative Half Dollar
          and ultimately the 1999 Quarter with Connecticut reverse.
          He specialized in painting Connecticut Valley scenes.
          Died 1909.

          C   O   I   N   S

1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Half Dollar (modeled by Henry
          Kreis, obv modeled from Brownell painting). . Breen 7514

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

BL  {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 205.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 46.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 90-1.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 111.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:477.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 2:1340.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

N16 {1967} Taxay, p 156-160.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 187.
O12 {1988} Breen 7514, p 595.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 698-699 (bio).