Asher Brown Durand was an American engraver and painter of the Hudson River School.
Asher Brown Durand, c. 1869, by Abraham Bogardus
Asher Durand, Kindred Spirits, 1849
L-R: Henry Kirke Brown, Henry Peters Gray and Durand, 1850
The First Harvest in the Wilderness, c. 1855, Brooklyn Museum
Jonathan Sturges was an American businessman, arts patron, and philanthropist.
Portrait of Sturges by Asher Brown Durand, c. 1840
A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains, by Thomas Cole, 1839.
The Sturges House in Fairfield, Connecticut.