Thomas J. Cowell (1832-1910)
- Thomas J. Cowell (1832-1910)
- Nature’s Bounty
- Oil on canvas
- 12 inches (diameter)
- Signed and dated 1859, lower center
Thomas J. Cowell was born in 1832 in the Isle of Man. The first-born child of Margaret and Thomas Cowell, he immigrated with his parents to Albany while still an infant. In Albany, The Cowell family grew from a family of three to a family of eleven. Cowell’s father was employed as a constable.[1]
While little is known about Cowell’s life, census records indicate he was employed as a copper plate printer as early as 1850.[2] During the 1850’s, Cowell married Julia Keenan and resided in Albany with his wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law.[3] Cowell and his wife had four children.
