Standing Sailor Holding a Sextant, from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1820-25
Medium:
Brown ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 22.2 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.35
Marks:
signature: lower right: "E. C. Potter"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "E.C. Potter"
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
44545
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tree Stump, from disassembled Cummings album
Classification:
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Medium:
Graphite on verso of printed heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 8.6 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Landscape detail
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.34e
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "888 [th?]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "888 ts."
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
44544
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Head of a Seventeenth-Century Man, from disassembled Cummings album
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Medium:
Graphite on the verso of a calling card of "J. Barincou, Portrait Painter"
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 in. ( 7.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.34d
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left vertically in graphite: "Exodus"; at upper center, inverted: "John"; verso inscribed at center: "Erasmus" in addition to a recipe for a mixed drink
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
44543
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketch of a Woman Holding a Basket, from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 11.7 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.34c
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
44542
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cherub with Brush and Palette (?), from disassembled Cummings album
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.34b
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
44541
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of a Man, from disassembled Cummings album
Classification:
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Date:
Early 19th century
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/16 x 2 5/8 in. ( 8.4 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.34a
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "I[in a circle]"
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
44540
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Travelling in- Cog--"
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1826-28
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 13 x 14 cm )
Description:
Cartoon
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.32b
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Designed by Inman & Cummings"
printed caption: lower left: "Travelling in- Cog--."
Gallery Label:
This lithograph came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
44539
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"I'd Rather Be a Toad . . . ."
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1826-28
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 14 cm )
Description:
Cartoon
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.31b
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Inman & Cummings"
printed caption: lower left to right: "'I'd rather be a toad and live upon the vapours of a Dungeon' / 'than keep a corner in the thing I love for other's use.' / Shakspeare."
Gallery Label:
This lithograph came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
44538
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"This Is a Time to Try Men's Soles!"
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1826-28
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
4 x 4 3/4 in.
Description:
Cartoon
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.31a
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Inman &Cummings"
printed caption: lower left to center: "'This is a time to try men's Soles!'"
Gallery Label:
This lithograph came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
44537
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charles Francis Cummings (1823-1831)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1825-27
Medium:
Black chalk on gray paper laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 8 in. ( 23.2 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number:
1979.29
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Charley"
inscription: on album leaf: "Charles Frances Cummings / 1823-1831"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right on mount paper in black chalk: "Charley."
inscription: on album leaf: "Charles Frances Cummings / 1823-1831"
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
44536
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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