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Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Peter Cooper, 12 Feb 1791 - 4 Apr 1883  Search this
Sarah Bedell Cooper, 1793 - 1869  Search this
Sarah Amelia Cooper Hewitt, 1830 - 1912  Search this
Edward Cooper, 26 Oct 1824 - 25 Feb 1905  Search this
Medium:
Three-quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions:
Image: 12.6 x 9.4 cm (4 15/16 x 3 11/16")
Plate [sight]: 16.5 x 13.5 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/16")
Case Open: 18 x 30.2 cm (7 1/16 x 11 7/8")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1850
Exhibition Label:
Inventor and millionaire industrialist Peter Cooper was among the leading nineteenth-century American businessmen. He was also a generous philanthropist who viewed wealth as a trust to be used “for the education and uplifting of the common people.” In 1857 he founded New York City’s Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art—an innovative institution offering free vocational courses to adults. Peter and Sarah Cooper endured the loss of four of their six children in early childhood. Their bond with their surviving daughter, Sarah Amelia, and son, Edward, who appear with them in this family portrait, was particularly close.
El inventor y empresario industrial millonario Peter Cooper fue uno de los empresarios estadounidenses más destacados del siglo XIX. Además, fue un generoso filántropo que entendía la riqueza como un fondo que debía ser utilizado “para la educación y la edificación de la gente de a pie”. En 1857, fundó la Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art de la Ciudad de Nueva York, una innovadora institución que ofrecía cursos vocacionales gratuitos a adultos. Pieter y Sara Cooper sufrieron la pérdida de cuatro de sus seis hijos en sus primeros años de vida. Su vínculo con la hija y el hijo que sobrevivieron, Sara Amelia y Eduard, quienes aparecen con ellos en este retrato familiar, fue particularmente estrecho.
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Brooch  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Bonnet  Search this
Interior\Studio\Photography  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Sarah Bedell Cooper: Female  Search this
Sarah Amelia Cooper Hewitt: Female  Search this
Peter Cooper: Male  Search this
Peter Cooper: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this
Peter Cooper: Education and Scholarship\Founder\School  Search this
Peter Cooper: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer  Search this
Peter Cooper: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this
Peter Cooper: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this
Peter Cooper: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer\Iron  Search this
Edward Cooper: Male  Search this
Edward Cooper: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this
Edward Cooper: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\New York, NY  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.96.86
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e0a22230-c2f0-4466-8dd4-39a67c59c4d6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.96.86