Man with a Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)
by BEAUX, Cecilia, Oil on canvas, 122 x 88 cm
Henry Sturgis Drinker (1850-1937) was a mechanical engineer who used his skills to help engineer the two mile long Musconetcong Tunnel, which made railroad travel between Easton, Pennsylvania and New York City possible. He was also the president of Lehigh University from 1905 to 1920. Drinker was Cecilia Beaux’s brother-in-law.