Attorney General: Richard Olney

(1855-1935)
Vos was born in Maastricht, Holland, and studied in Rome, Paris, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. In 1887 he established a studio in London and opened two art schools. Portraits became his specialty and he won gold medals for his work in Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Dresden and Brussels. He emigrated to the United States in 1892 and became a naturalized citizen in 1898. His portrait of Attorney General Olney was painted in 1895.