Smithy Cupid Appliqué
Henry Kellam Hancock
ca. 1810–30
Medium
Cast brass, lacquer
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (6.4 x 4.1 cm)
Classification
Appliqué
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Edward Hunting Smith, 1968
Accession Number
Inst.68.8.77
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Cupid
About the Artist
Henry Kellam Hancock · 1816–1851
Henry Kellam Hancock (1788–1854) was a prominent American cabinetmaker based in Boston, Massachusetts, where he contributed significantly to the city's early nineteenth-century furniture trade. Son of Captain Belcher Hancock and Ann "Nancy" Susan Ackers, he entered the profession as a chairmaker around 1816 and transitioned to cabinetmaking by 1826, maintaining workshops on Orange Street from abou...