Painting - Portrait of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell
Nameplate on Cornelius Scranton Bushnell portrait

Painting - Portrait of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell


1875 – 1896 (Date manufactured/created)
Oil on Canvas
Portrait of Cornelius Scranton Bushnell (July 19, 1829 – May 6, 1896).  He lived in Madison and was an American railroad executive and shipbuilder who was instrumental in developing ironclad ships of the Monitor class for the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
See his bio info at www.madisonhistory.org/key-figures/c-s-bushnell/..  
Shown in a dark suit with a distinctive watch fob against a greenish yellow background. He has a full beard and is partially bald. He is looking over the viewer's right shoulder. In a gold frame with beaded border. H: 29 1/2" W: 24 3/8" sight, H 34 7/8" W: 29 3/4" frame
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