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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.33
People
Thomas Seir Cummings, American (Bath, England 1804 - 1894 Hackensack, NJ)
Title
A Gentleman
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1820s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/323717

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
7.6 x 6 cm (3 x 2 3/8 in.)
framed: 8.3 x 6.7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: right edge: "Cummings"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Bonham's, London, New Bond Street, November 21, 2007], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2007.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Daniel A. Pollack, Class of 1960, American Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.33
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 165-166, cat. 105, ill.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/10/2015 - 11/16/2016

Verification Level

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