it is in a very old looking wood frame on bottom it says" from the original painting by Eickhoudt of belgium in 1848 now in the possession of John A Brown ESQ"
Library of Congress also has a copy, but very little info. Their copy is a lithograph by Duvall Steam Lithographs, PA http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003655791/
Meant to add that I strongly suspect that Eickhoudt is a misspelling... more likely Eeckhoudt. But still not able to find someone that matches up with this piece.
This copy says the engraving is by Albert Newsam (from the painting by "Eickhoudt." (still think it's a misspell) https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sparkling-champagne-1850-padre-art.html
The painting might be by a guy named Victor Eeckhout, Belgian, 1821-1879. The period seems right, but the paintings I'm finding by him online are Orientalist, so maybe not. Albert Newsam is interesting. Best known for his portraits, there's a bit about him to be found online. (He was born deaf.)
Possibly Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout (1793-1861). Some similarities in style and the standing woman has a resemblance to the one in the print:
This is totally unrelated to anything of interest to the OP, but... Someone had a rather mediocre painting on here recently wherein I was making sport of a "wee little pipe"... and now, the guy standing behind the table, he has a wee little pipe. The bowl is half the size of his thumb. So now I want someone to tell me what kind of pipe that is, because it is obviously a thing and not just the mistake of a mediocre painter. As I said totally unrelated to anything important to the OP.
I've only smoked a few pipes, but a pipe that size seems like a lot of work... maybe when circumstance only allows for small tobacco purchases, such a small pipe works best? I don't know. But thank you for the pics of the wee wee pipes!
Referenced here, with another spelling. https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofpriva00staa/catalogueofpriva00staa_djvu.txt
So then I put in the number and title below and got this: https://books.google.com/books?id=zGYEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=j.a.+brown+372+blondine&source=bl&ots=Q6qP82S7rM&sig=ACfU3U28SvETrPfEtDhf9iQjWi2X2sHhYA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmk6a7ku7gAhWnITQIHRv8DKIQ6AEwCnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=j.a. brown 372 blondine&f=false This should be the book it’s from: Catalogue Paintings Drawings Statuary Etc Art Department Great Central Fair Held Logan Square, June 1864, Benefit U S Sanitary Commission You Searched For: Catalogue Paintings Drawings Statuary Etc. Art Department Great Central Fair Held Logan Square, June 1864, Benefit U.S. Sanitary Commission https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Se...,+June+1864,+Benefit+U.S.+Sanitary+Commission
Just a quick note: Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout was the father of Victor Eeckhout, who was also mentioned in this thread. If the original painting was by one of those two, I'd think it's more likely to be the father, just because, as @moreotherstuff mentioned, the son was known for Orientalist paintings. Both did do genre paintings.
