Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Hooper Cumming and Daughter Harriet
Object Number:
1896.4
Date:
ca. 1818
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 3/4 x 24 in. ( 75.6 x 61 cm )
Gallery Label:
Sarah Sophia Wright of New York was married to the Reverend Hooper Cumming of Newark on April 5, 1814. Their daughter Harriet later became the wife of Edward A. Jee, a commission merchant and insurance broker in New York. Ames also painted a pendant of Hooper Cumming, measuring the same size, and with Cumming turned to face his wife and daughter (collection: New Jersey Historical Society).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Julia C. Van Arsdale Jones
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
