Thomas Seir Cummings
Portrait of a Lady

ArtistAmerican, born England, 1804–1894
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portrait of a Lady
Date1838
MediumWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsPanel: 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (8.3 × 6.7 cm)
Frame (oval): 4 × 3 1/2 × 3/8 in. (10.2 × 8.9 × 1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of James Deegan
Object number2017.492
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Augustus Decorative Arts, Ltd., New York]; purchased by James Deegan, Houston, 1998; given to MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"In Twilight: Mourning Costume and Customs, 1776–1914," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 1, 2019–January 5, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
It is signed on the reverse “Cummings Pinx/N York, 1838.”
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite: Cummings Pinx / N York, 1838.

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