Stump the German

[Eva Elisabeth]

Brilliant, Roger! It is Emanuel Leutze!

Short before Fanny died, Seward had hired him to paint Fanny's portrait (Linda's avatar). Fanny died before the painting was completed. Seward also asked Leutze to design the tombstones of Fanny's and Frances' graves.
       
Actually Leutze was an American history painter. Another of his paintings depicting two Sewards is "Signing the Alaska Treaty of Cessation":
   
(L. to R.: Robert S. Chew, William H. Seward, William Hunter, Mr. Bodisco, Russian Ambassador Baron de Stoeckl, Charles Sumner, Fredrick W. Seward)

Hired for 20,000$ by Montgomery C. Meigs, in 1861 Leutze painted a mural in the Capitol entitled "Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way" that symbolizes Manifest Destiny. A brighter study hangs in the Smithsonian American Art Museum:
       
Leutze's most famous painting though is probably "Washington Crossing the Delaware" (1851), which is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts:
   
For more info on Emanuel Leutze, please go here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Leutze

Roger, you win my best wishes for a very good week including warmer temperatures!