Portrait of Elbert Halsted Caldwell (b. 1809), (painting).

Portrait of Elbert Halsted Caldwell (b. 1809), (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Portrait of Elbert Halsted Caldwell (b. 1809), (painting).

29 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.

"A slightly balding adult gentleman with sideburns wearing a black coat, white shirt with high rounded tip collar, black bow tie. His arms are folded across chest, one hand tucked in and one showing. He sits in a black leather chair with wood trim."

Portrait male -- Caldwell, Elbert Halsted -- Waist length

Occupation -- Law -- Judge

Strong, Hope, Jr., Mrs., 916 Palmer Avenue, Winter Park, Florida 32789

Elbert Halsted Caldwell was born in 1809 in what is now West Virginia. He married Ellen McMecken in 1847, lived in Moundsville, West Virginia, and was Judge of Marshall County during Lincoln's presidency.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Florida, 1990.

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