Herminia Borchard Dassel

[2][3] There she painted a number of genre scenes, which gained her recognition throughout the United States and Europe.

[4] Dassel found a great deal of success upon her arrival in the United States, with her work being displayed in the American Art-Union, Boston Athenaeum, and the National Academy of Design.

[2][4] She and her family moved to New York in 1850, where she earned her living by painting portraits of members of the upper classes.

[3] During this time, she used her personal art studio to become a painting instructor to girls from wealthy families in New York.

She took a particular interest in the remaining Native American population on the island, painting the portraits of Abram Quary and Isabella Draper.