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Cook, Henry Harvey print view role Collector dates 1822-1905 city New York City state NY other cities Stockbridge, MA; Tarrytown, NY; Bath, NY; sex M historical notes Henry Harvey Cook was a banker (Bank of Bath), railroad man (Erie Railroad), and art collector. He owned work by, among others, Worthington Whittredge, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Johann Georg Meyer, and Randolph Rogers. Cook left several works of art to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cook was a director of the Van Norden Trust Company, the National Bank of North America, and Trustee of the American Surety Company and several other corporations. He was married to Mary E McCay (1827- 1902), and they had four daughters: Georgie Bruce de Heredia, 1865-1946 , m. Count Carlos de Heridia (Bronx, NY); Sarah McCay Cook Montague, 1853-1933, m. Joseph E. Montague (Buffalo, NY), Marianna MacDougall, 1849-1925, m. Clinton Dugald MacDougall; and Frances “Fannie” Howell Cook Keene, 1822-1905, m. John Henry Keene. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 updated 11/24/2025 10:11:51 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Gardens Capital Gallery Building, Suite 3300 Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides) see details... «  back