Portrait of Catharine Maria Eichholtz Lindsay

Catharine Maria Eichholtz Lindsay (1806-1882) was the daughter of prominent portrait artist Jacob Eichholtz and the wife to noted Lancaster, Pennsylvania lawyer Robert Lindsay. Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) was an early American painter, known primarily for his portraits in the Romantic Victorian tradition. Eichholtz was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to a family of prosperous Pennsylvania Germans and spent most of his professional life in Philadelphia. He is known to have painted over 800 portraits over the course of 35 years.