Unknown Preliminary sketch for portrait of Cephas Brainerd to Eveline Brainerd
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04471.12 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Painting Date: 1913 Pagination: 1 art original : oil on canvas ; 45.7 x 38.1 cm Order a Copy
Bust portrait of Brainerd as a middle aged man with gray hair, wearing a suit. On unstretched canvas. Artist's signature is illegible.
Brainerd, a lawyer, contributed historical and analytical notes to Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Institute address given 27 February 1860 when published. He was married to Eveline Hutchinson.
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