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Subject: 19th Century American Painting

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Portrait of Major Henry Warden, Elizabeth Burr Warden, and Family: An Oil Painting by Frederick CohenPortrait of Major Henry Warden, Elizabeth Burr Warden, and Family: An Oil Painting by Frederick Cohen

Oil painting depicting Major Henry Warden, Elizabeth Burr Warden, and their family, including three children and two dogs. The painting is signed and dated; the date is not specified in the source material. Created in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The sitter, Major Henry Warden, was a merchant and Whig party member, and the nephew of Aaron Burr. The artist, Frederick Cohen, was a prominent portrait painter in Detroit, Michigan, and teacher to Lewis Ives and Robert Hopkin. This painting was exhibited at the American Art Union in 1848.