| Cook, Henry Harvey | ||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||
| dates | 1822-1905 | |||||||||
| city | New York City | |||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||
| other cities | Stockbridge, MA; Tarrytown, NY; Bath, NY; | |||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||
| history |
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 | 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 |
|||||||||
| updated | 11/24/2025 10:11:51 | |||||||||
| research links |
Search FRESCO (Frick Research Catalog Online) Search Worldcat | |||||||||
|
||||||||||