Jane Catherine Cummins

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Jane Catherine Cummins (ca 1841 January 20, 1893) was a Canadian artist. [1]

Thought to be the daughter of Captain John Swete Cummins and Catherine Smith, she was born on Amherst Island near Kingston. Cummins studied art in Montreal with Otto Reinhold Jacobi. Her work was included in the Dominion Exhibition Sherbrooke in 1886 and in the Montreal Art Association show in 1891. During the last two years of her life, she travelled to Paris, Rome, London and Munich, where she died in 1893. [2]

John Swete Cummins was an Irish-born municipal politician and writer in 19th-century Canada.

Amherst Island island in northeastern Lake Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario, 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Contrary to popular perception, Amherst Island is not one of the Thousand Islands. The island is part of Loyalist Township in Lennox and Addington County. Amherst Island is located about 3 kilometres (2 mi) offshore from the rest of Loyalist Township and is serviced by an automobile and truck ferry from Millhaven. The island measures over 20 kilometres (12 mi) in length from Bluff Point in the southwest to Amherst Bar in the northeast and over 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) at its widest point across. The island is about 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi) in size and is one of the largest islands in the Great Lakes.

Kingston, Ontario City in Ontario, Canada

Kingston is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River. The city is midway between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The Thousand Islands tourist region is nearby to the east. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone.

Her work is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. [2]

National Gallery of Canada Art museum in Ottawa, Ontario

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References

  1. "Artist/Maker name "Cummins, Jane Catherine"". Artists in Canada.
  2. 1 2 "Cummins, Jane Catherine". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.