Thomas Seir Cummings

American painter (1804–1894)

Thomas Seir Cummings

Born	(1804-08-26)August 26, 1804 Bath, Somerset, England
Died	September 24, 1894(1894-09-24) (aged 90) Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Occupation(s)	Painter, writer
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Thomas Seir Cummings (1804–1894) was an English-American miniature painter and wtiter.

Biography

Thomas Seir Cummings was born at Bath, England on August 26, 1804.^[1] He came to New York early in life and studied there with Henry Inman. He painted miniatures in water color, and many of his sitters were well-known contemporaries of the artist. In 1826 he helped to found the National Academy of Design, was its treasurer for many years and one of its early vice presidents. He also wrote an account of its history, entitled Historic Annals of the National Academy from its Foundation to 1865 (Philadelphia, 1865).^[1] His later life was spent in Connecticut, and Hackensack, N. J.

He died in Hackensack on September 24, 1894.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VI. James T. White & Company. 1896. pp. 246–247. Retrieved November 29, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "Local Brevities". Passaic Daily Herald. September 27, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved November 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Art and the empire city: New York, 1825-1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Thomas Seir Cummings (see index)
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