Lot Essay
For biographical notes on this artist, see lot 95.
AMERICAN PORTRAIT MINIATURES
THOMAS SEIR CUMMINGS (1804-1894)
A young Lady, facing right in low-cut black dress with white underslip, a gold brooch at corsage with long gold chain around her neck, pink roses and foliage in her dark upswept hair; and a preparatory sketch on paper
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THOMAS SEIR CUMMINGS (1804-1894)
A young Lady, facing right in low-cut black dress with white underslip, a gold brooch at corsage with long gold chain around her neck, pink roses and foliage in her dark upswept hair; and a preparatory sketch on paper
signed and dated in red 'Cummings. N.Y. 1845' (lower right)
rectangular, 3 13/16 x 3 in. (96 x 76 mm.), gilt-metal mount within tooled leather case containing a narrow plait of th esitter's hair (2)
A young Lady, facing right in low-cut black dress with white underslip, a gold brooch at corsage with long gold chain around her neck, pink roses and foliage in her dark upswept hair; and a preparatory sketch on paper
signed and dated in red 'Cummings. N.Y. 1845' (lower right)
rectangular, 3 13/16 x 3 in. (96 x 76 mm.), gilt-metal mount within tooled leather case containing a narrow plait of th esitter's hair (2)