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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9731967, member: 79705&quot;]I told a relative who is amazing at genealogical research, and she actually found out who the sitter is. It turns out the name is not Perry...it&#039;s Terry. As in the famous Union Civil War General Alfred Howe Terry. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>She found his signature to confirm it, as the signature on his Saulini sketch is his own. This makes sense because this section of sketches has a notation that the sitter add their address and sign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s <a href="https://connecticuthistory.org/honor-and-duty-the-life-of-alfred-howe-terry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://connecticuthistory.org/honor-and-duty-the-life-of-alfred-howe-terry/" rel="nofollow">a great article</a> about him which includes the note that &quot;He spent the summer of 1860 in Europe traveling and studying military fortification, ships of war, and any other military materials available for perusal.&quot; That exact year the cameo was made. There are also a couple photos of him in the article.</p><p><br /></p><p>My mind is blown that he could be tracked down in this detail! How crazy...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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