I am searching for the identity of this sitter -- if you know please write. I received an interested e-mail [in 1999]. Graham Dugas (gd ug  as@bigfoot.com) apparently had this painting and wanted to know its value and how to sell it. I directed him as best I could. He had very little information and was seeking the identity of the sitter. If...

Harvey Cushing (d. 1939) was a neurosurgeon, professor of neurology, a collector of the works of the early anatomists and surgeons, and an avid music lover. He taught at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Medial School, was Professor of Surgery at Harvard in 1912 until World War I when he directed base hospitals in Europe. In 1933 he returned to...