John Whetton Ehninger

He was a pupil of Couture in Paris 1848–1849, and afterward studied at Düsseldorf and other art centres 1851–1852.

During his time there he developed a penchant for drawing scenes of daily life, a trait that was to remain for the rest of his career.

[1] After nearly three years in Europe, Ehninger returned to the U.S. and began living in New York City.

[1] Among his paintings, which include landscape and figure subjects, are: He was a clever and versatile draftsman and is perhaps best known for his illustrations of Longfellow's Miles Standish (1858) and Irving's Dolph Heylinger and Ye Legend of St. Gwendolyn (1867).

The drawings for the latter were considered so delicate that they were reproduced by photography — an unusual method in that day.