Artist: John Brewster, Jr., American, 1766–1854, Subject: Comfort Starr Mygatt, American, 1763–1823, Subject: Lucy Mygatt, American, 1794–1885, Comfort Starr Mygatt (1763–1823) and Lucy Mygatt (1794–1885), Oil on canvas, 54 × 39 1/2 in. ( × cm), The portraits by the itinerant deaf artist John Brewster open a window into the lives of New England’s merchant class. Here, the prosperous Danbury, Connecticut, shopkeeper, silversmith, and watchmaker Comfort Starr Mygatt poses with his five-year-old daughter, Lucy. The heart of the painting lies in their barely touching fingers

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