Bidspirit auction | Edward Victor Brewer (1883 -

Edward Victor Brewer (1883 - 1971) Oil on Canvas, Illustration - 'The Fortune Teller, You-all sho' is gwine to be a great man', original oil on canvas illustration which was published in the Ladies Home Journal, March 1922. Signed at the lower right.  Dimensions: 40” x 28”. Provenance: Mary G. Roebling (1995-1994), Trenton, New Jersey. Acquired from above by present owner. Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Collection. Footnote: Mary G. Roebling (New Jersey, 1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as the head of a major commercial bank in the United States when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1937.   Condition: Some touch-up at the background, overall good condition.