BEAUX, Cecilia
(b. 1855, Philadelphia, d. 1942, Gloucester)

Man with a Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)

1898
Oil on canvas, 122 x 88 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington

Henry Sturgis Drinker (1850-1937) was a mechanical engineer who used his skills to help engineer the two mile long Musconetcong Tunnel, which made railroad travel between Easton, Pennsylvania and New York City possible. He was also the president of Lehigh University from 1905 to 1920. Drinker was Cecilia Beaux's brother-in-law.




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