Charles A. Foster “Providence Hydraulion No. 2”, Courtesy of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 2016
Hydraulion Company #2 was formed in 1830 about the time Albert Martin was serving in Stationary Forcing Engine Company #2. This oil painting was commissioned by the company in 1850. Charles A. Foster (1817-1886) was a portrait, genre and animal artist who had moved to Providence in 1850. The two men in the paining are identified as Henry Staples on the left and Cornelius S. Cunliff on the right and both were officers. ( See American Paintings in the Rhode Island Historical Society, Frank Goodyear Jr, 1974)
