An oval portrait of two young children with the figure on the right in a scoop-necked top and slightly behind the one on the left. The reflection on the image makes detailed description difficult.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Made/Created
Date made
1837 - 1839
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Col. Henry Ashton Ramsay was born in 1835 to Caroline Henry Ashton in Baltimore. He married Julia White Cooke and had at least 4 children. The young boy as a man was Col. Henry A. Ramsay, chief engineer on the "Merrimac" in the Civil War duel with the "Monitor." He was also with Adm. Perry when "the gates of Japan" were opened. He died in 1916 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA.
