Thomas Seir Cummings (1804–1894) was an English-American miniature painter and author.

Biography

Thomas Seir Cummings was born at

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, England on August 26, 1804. 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

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, 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). His later life was spent in

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, and Hackensack, N. J. He died in Hackensack on September 24, 1894.

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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) * 19th-century American painters American male painters Artists from Bath, Somerset 1804 births 1894 deaths English emigrants to the United States American portrait painters Painters from New York City Portrait miniaturists 19th-century American writers National Academy of Design people 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1800s-stub