{{Short description|American painter}} {{for|the General in the Union Army during the American Civil War|Jacob Dolson Cox}}{{Infobox person | name = Jacob Cox | birth_date = November 9, 1810 | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | death_date = January 2, 1892 | burial_place = Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Section 33, Lot 142 | burial_coordinates = {{Coord|39.8204845|-86.1698481|type:landmark|display=inline}} | occupation = American landscape and portrait painter }} '''Jacob Cox''' (November 9, 1810 – January 2, 1892) was an American landscape and portrait painter in Indianapolis, Indiana. Several of his paintings are in the Morris-Butler House. He is also known for his paintings of Indiana Governors James B. Ray, Noah Noble, David Wallace, Samuel Bigger, Joseph A. Wright, and Henry S. Lane. In 1941 a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the John Herron Art Museum.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rtQAQAAMAAJ&q=%22cyril+c.+spades%22%C2%A0 | title=Paintings by Jacob Cox: A Retrospective Exhibition of Work by an Early Indianapolis Artist, November 8 to 30, 1941, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana | date=1941 }}</ref>

==Information== Cox was born in Philadelphia and arrived in Indianapolis in 1833 and established a stove, tinware and coppersmith business. One of his first artistic opportunities came when he painted a banner for the presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison in 1840. After that, he began to paint portraits and in 1842 went to Cincinnati to open a studio with John Dunn, a former treasurer of the State of Indiana. After five months, he returned to his business in Indianapolis and continued painting as a sideline, exhibiting annually at the shows of the Cincinnati Art Union. By 1860, he was devoted to art full-time and became well known in Indianapolis for his portraits and landscapes.

Cox was also a teacher with numerous students including William Merritt Chase. [[File:Cox, Jacob tombstone.jpg|thumb|Jacob Cox's tombstone at Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum]]

==Public collections== Paintings by Cox can be found in a number of public collections including:

* Indianapolis Museum of Art * Morris-Butler House * Indiana Landmarks * Indiana State Museum * Benjamin Harrison Home

==References== {{Reflist}} * Burnet, Mary Q. Art and Artists of Indiana. New York; The Century Co., 1921.

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310230400/http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/govportraits/coxwallace.html Jacob Cox Artist, Indiana Governors' Portrait Collection] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427183724/http://www.indianaartcollector.com/biographies.html#A10 Indiana Art Collector Artist Biographies]

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