A Life Forged in Finance: The Remarkable Story of Russell Risley Sage Russell Risley Sage, a name perhaps more readily associated with the corridors of Wall Street and the iron rails of burgeoning American railroads than with artistic patronage, nevertheless occupies a fascinating space within the cultural landscape of 19th-century America. Born August 4, 1816, in Verona, Oneida County, New York, Sage’s trajectory was one of relentles…