The Children of Homer Ramsdell, Esq, Thomas Seir Cummings, 1842

The children of homer ramsdell, esq. Artist: thomas seir cummings (american (born england), bath 1804–1894 hackensack, new jersey) date: 1842 medium: watercolor on ivory dimensions: 7 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (18. 7 x 14. 6 cm) classification: paintings credit line: purchase, william cullen bryant fellows gifts, 2001 this miniature depicts three of the children of the new york city dry-goods merchant homer ramsdell and his wife, frances e. L. Powell. The children are mary ludlow powell (1836-?), frances josephine (1838-?), and thomas powell (1840-?). Cummings exhibited the piece under this title at the national academy of design in 1842. Date: 1842. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.