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Abraham M. Cozzens

Cozzens, Abraham Martling

American, 1811 - 1868

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We look across a palm-tree lined river winding into the distance before a monumental, snow-covered mountain at the center of the composition in this horizontal landscape. The spit of land along the riverbank in the lower left corner is filled with lush vegetation, including waving ferns, vines, leafy trees, and palm trees. At the bottom center of the composition, along the shoreline, a boat with a pointed prow is occupied by three people wearing white pants. Two of the men are bare-chested and the third wears a red shirt. The boat is covered with a rounded, hut-like structure and tendrils of white paint, perhaps indicating smoke from a fire, waft up in front of the opening to the structure. The placid river widens beyond the boat and across from us, the distant shore is lined with white buildings with brown thatched roofs and a white church with two spires and a red tile roof. Trees around and beyond the buildings fill in the space before brown hills that eventually lead to the snowy peaks of the central mountain. The earthy moss and sage green and tawny brown of the vegetation and river closer to us fades to pale caramel and pinkish-tan in the hazy distance. A few birds fly across the pale blue sky to our left, and wisps of light gray clouds float in from our right. The artist signed and dated the work in the lower left corner: “Church 1854.”
Frederic Edwin Church, Tamaca Palms, 1854, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran, 1869), 2014.79.11

Tamaca Palms

Frederic Edwin Church · 1854 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.79.11

The image shows a portrait of a man from the chest upwards. He is turned slightly to his right and depicted gazing towards the viewer. The man has a pale complexion, soft facial features, a slightly rounded face, and light voluminous hair styled away from his face. He is dressed formally in a dark jacket with a high collar and a white cravat at his neck. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a plain, textured, brownish canvas.
Gilbert Stuart, Dr. William Hartigan (?), c. 1793, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.16

Dr. William Hartigan (?)

Gilbert Stuart · c. 1793 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.16

Bibliography

1868

  • Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co. Catalogue of the Entire Collection of Paintings belonging to the late A. M. Cozzens. New York, 1868