Benjamin Rutherford Fitz

[2] In 1868 his father died and his family moved to Peconic, New York.

The piece is credited with helping popularize the nude figure as a main subject in painting.

The National Academy Museum named The Reflection his "most famous work.

When not painting, he sailed, often with his friend Dwight William Tryon.

[3] He was buried in Willow Hill Cemetery in Southold, New York.

Portrait of Edwina M. Post by Benjamin Rutherford Fitz, 1890–91, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum