Case was born in
Suffield, Connecticut, but after his parents' deaths, he moved to Springfield, Massachusetts where he was educated in public schools and then at the
Suffield Institute. He subsequently attended
Eastman Business College in
Poughkeepsie, New York, and served with the Navy in the Civil War, spending several months in
Libby Prison. From 1873 to 1875, he studied at the
National Academy of Design, augmented by private studies with
Joseph Oriel Eaton and visits to the Netherlands, Italy, France, and England, with classes at the
Académie Julian in Paris with
Tony Robert-Fleury and
William-Adolphe Bouguereau. == References ==