Success in any undertaking comes of patient, unremitting effort. You cannot have it, unless you resolutely concentrate your energies upon your work; and resolutely refuse to be diverted by other subjects, no matter how important or interesting. When something else thrusts itself in, and demands notice, you must be ready to say: “I pass that by. I am going ahead.”
Cornelia Seward Canfield Portrait by John Peter Frankenstein
c. 1830-1835
Oil portrait on canvas of Cornelia Seward Canfield (1805-1839) sister to Sec. William Henry Seward. Painted by German Artist John Peter Frankenstein, John Peter Frankenstein (1816-1881) was a mostly self-taught portrait painter. He quickly became a famous portrait painter and sculptor and worked mostly in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and New York.