A Mother's Pearls

Thomas Seir Cummings American, born England

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The artist composed this festoon necklace from portraits of his children, nine ivory ovals linked as a necklace for his wife, Jane Cook (1806-1889). As portrayed, the children range in age from one to sixteen; the firstborn, Charles, died in 1831 and is represented posthumously in the smallest oval at center. The other children are (left to right): Lydia M. (1837-1927), George F. (1835-1910), Henry R. (1829-1873), Thomas A. (1825-1859), Rebecca C. (1827-1859), Jane E. (1831-1903), Charles P. (1833-1879), and Sarah A. (1840-1919). The Cummingses later had five more children.

A Mother's Pearls, Thomas Seir Cummings (American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey), Watercolor on ivory, American

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A Mother's Pearls, Thomas Seir Cummings (American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey), Watercolor on ivory, American
A Mother's Pearls, Thomas Seir Cummings (American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey), Watercolor on ivory, American
A Mother's Pearls, Thomas Seir Cummings (American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey), Watercolor on ivory, American

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