Gurdon W. Russell, M.D. (1815-1909)
Oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 29 1/2
Artist unknown
Born in Hartford; graduated from Washington College (renamed Trinity College)m in 1834 and Yale Medical School in 1837, He was a founder of the Hartford Medical Society and its President from 1889 to 1893.
He served as the first Medical Director of the Aetna Life Insurance Company from 1857 to 1909.