| Nickerson, Samuel M. (Samuel Mayo), 1830-1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1830-1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | Brewster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Chicago, IL; Chatham, MA; Boston, MA; Appalachicola, FL; Brewster, Cape Cod, MA; New York, NY; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Samuel Mayo Nickerson was an art collector and businessman who made his fortune in the distillery, railroad and banking industries. Nickerson was a founder, vice president (1865-1867) and president of the First National bank (1867-1898). He was elected president of the Chicago City Horse Railway company in 1865 which later became the Chicago City Railway company. Nickerson and his wife, nee Matilda Pinkham Crosby (1837-1912), collected jades, lacquers, porcelains, bronzes, oriental art objects, modern paintings, statuary, and engravings. The Nickerson collection included work by, among others, F. C. Church, B. C. Koekkoek, N. Diaz, Bierstadt, G. N. Nicholson, L. R. Mignot, Hendrik Schaefels, Thomas Cole, E. Vedder, H. Lewis, Gustave Doré, Ceramano, F. H. De Hans, Jervis McEntee, A. H. Wyant, George Innes, Klombeck Verbeekhoven, Corot, F. Lamoriniere, P. T. Clays, David Johnson, Leon y Escosura, Bouguereau, W. Verschour, Adolf Schreyer, C. Hubner, E. Lewtze, David Neal, A. Spring, H. Merle, and Carl Mueke. Much of the collection was given the the Chicago Art Institute in 1900. |
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| decades | 1860-1870 1870-1880 1880-1890 1890-1900 |
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| website | http://www.driehausmuseum.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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