Julius Deming (1755-1838), after a portrait
miniature in the collection of the Litchfield Historical Society
W. Haskill Coffin, November 1911
New York, New York
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Newton Crane, John Deming Crane, Judith Langdon Deming
Crane
Julius Deming was a merchant who made his
fortune in the China trade in the years after the Revolutionary
War. This portrait, one of a group of four portraits commissioned
by a 20th century Deming descendent, was copied from a miniature.