Collection Highlights
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Date:
ca. 1845
Object Number:
PR.012.2.885
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Thomas Abthorpe Cooper (1776-1849)
Object Number:
1960.1
Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 20 in. ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Gallery Label:
Cooper had already established his reputation as a Shakespearean actor when he came to America from England in 1796. He is represented in this portrait as Hamlet, in which role he distinguished himself at the Park Street Theatre in New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herman E. Cooper
Provenance:
Cooper, Herman E.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
