Emilia Field Brewer
ca. 1875
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. David Karrick
Accession Number
1963.8.1
Tags
About this artwork
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.
About the Artist
John Alexander McDougall · 1811–1894
1810/11–1894