Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Augustus Thomas Cowman (1814-1854)
Title
Augustus Thomas Cowman (1814-1854)
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Credit Line
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number
1950.30
Gallery Label
Cowman's contracting firm, A. T. Cowman & Co., was located at 2 William Street, although he resided in Hyde Park, New York. Cummings was one of the founders of the National Academy of Design (1826), and author of the first history of that institution (1865).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
