An exceptional large bronze presentation sculpture. New York, 1892, presented to Ross C. Browning, President, upon his retirement from active business by the managers of The Metropolitan Mfg. Co. of the United States and Canada, May 1st 1891. Modelled by the New York sculptor Caspar Buberl and cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company, New York 1892, patinated bronze. Dimensions approx. 75 x 50 x 27 cm, weight approx. 55 kg.

An exceptional large bronze presentation sculpture. New York, 1892, modelled as and "Presented to Ross C. Browning, President, upon his Retirement from Active Business by the Managers of The Metropolitan Mfg. Co. of the United States and Canada, May 1st 1891", modelled by the New York sculptor Caspar Buberl and cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company, New York 1892, patinated bronze. Dimension ca. 75 x 50 x 27 cm, weight c. 55 kg. Ross Charles Browning (1822-1899), an American 19th-century publisher and map editor known for co-publishing Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas with Alvin J. Johnson and later manager of the Metropolitan Washing Machine Company. "The Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., located at 32 Cortlandt St. and listed in city directories as early as 1867. President of the Metropolitan Washing Machine Co. was Ross C. Browning (1822-1899). The following appeared in the New York Times, 28 March 1899, "Ross C Browning; an old resident of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., died Sunday at Jacksonville, Fla., from pneumonia. He is survived by a widow, two sons, and a daughter. Mr. Browning was born in Barre, Vt. in 1833 should be 1822; and was graduated at the Liberal Institute at Lebanon, N. H., later teaching school for several years in Sussex County, N. J. He then entered the employ of the Erie Railroad at Piermont-on-the-Hudson, and in 1859 formed a partnership with the late Alvin J. Johnson, under the name of Johnson & Browning, and published an atlas of…

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