A Mother's Pearls
Object type: Painting, miniature, necklace
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Thomas Seir Cummings
Artist bio: American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American, born England
Date: 1841
Medium: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
28.148.1: 1 3/16 x 1 in. (3 x 2.6 cm)
28.148.2: 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (3.5 x 3 cm)
28.148.3: 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in. (4 x 3.5 cm)
28.148.4: 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in. (4.5 x 4 cm)
28.148.5: 1 x 7/8 in. (2.5 x 2.2 cm)
28.148.6: 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in. (4.5 x 4 cm)
28.148.7: 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in. (4 x 3.5 cm)
28.148.8: 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (3.5 x 3 cm)
28.148.9: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3 x 2.8 cm)
Geography: Made in New York   United States  
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Richard B. Hartshorne and Miss Fanny S. Cummings, 1928
Accession year: 1928
Tags: Boys|Girls|Men|Women|Portraits