Emilia Field Brewer, attributed to John Alexander McDougall, ca. 1875
attributed to John Alexander McDougall

Emilia Field Brewer

ca. 1875 · Painting-Miniature · 7.1 × 5.7 cm

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Where is “Emilia Field Brewer” now? Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Unknown.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum

About the painting

Emilia Field (1807-1861) married Reverend Josiah Brewer in 1829. The couple spent nine years as missionaries in Turkey, returning to the United States in 1838. She then founded the Elm Street Female Seminary in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised seven children, one of whom, David Josiah Brewer, became a Supreme Court justice. Her brothers were entrepreneur Cyrus Field, who laid the transatlantic cable, and Stephen J. Field, a member of the Supreme Court.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Details

Accession number
1963.8.1

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In the catalog

Sources

On view at Smithsonian American Art Museum

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