Portrait,
Frederick Deming, Esquire (1832-1900?)
W. Haskill Coffin
New York, New York
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Newton Crane, John Deming Crane, Judith Langdon Deming
Crane
2003-50-6
According to the family genealogy, Deming
was "an accomplished linguist, and musician.His son Frederick
possessed great musical gifts, and was an organist of more than
ordinary merit."
This was one of a group of four portraits
Coffin painted for the Deming family.