Emilia Field Brewer

Copied John Alexander McDougall, Emilia Field Brewer, ca. 1875, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.1 x 5.7 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. David Karrick, 1963.8.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Emilia Field Brewer
Artist
Date
ca. 1875
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (7.1 x 5.7 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. David Karrick
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Brewer, Emily Field — bust
Object Number
1963.8.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1963.8.1

Artwork Description

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.