Artist

Thomas Seir Cummings

born Bath, England 1804-died Hackensack, NJ 1894
Also known as
  • T. S. Cummings
  • Thomas S. Cummings
Born
Bath, England
Died
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Thomas Seir Cummings was widely considered the best-trained American miniaturist of his day, and was among the most successful and prolific miniaturists of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He helped found the National Academy of Design in 1826, and taught miniature painting there for more than thirty years.