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Gouverneur Morris II (1813-1888)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Cummings, a native of Bath, England, came to New York as an infant and trained with Henry Inman. He was one of the foudners of the National Academy of Design and produced miniatures of noted individuals of his era.
The subject, the son of one of New York's delegates to the Continental Congress in 1778-1779, erected the Episcopal Church of St. Ann's in the south Bronx, New York. A railroad entrepreneur, he was one of the richest New Yorkers of his time.
Provenance
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Owned by Herbert Lawton. Acquired by Abraham Jay Fink, Baltimore; by bequest to A. J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963; given to Walters Art Museum, 1963.
Exhibitions
| 1958-1959 | Four Centuries of Miniature Painting from the Collections of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc. and A.J. Fink, Personally. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/24/1964 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/2 × W: 2 3/4 in. (8.9 × 7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.492