A Life in Likeness: The Itinerant World of Nelson Cook Nelson Cook, born in the quiet hamlet of Malta, New York, in 1808, was a painter whose life echoed the restless spirit of his era. He wasn’t a product of formal academies or established patronage; instead, he forged his path as a self-taught portraitist, traversing the burgeoning landscapes of the northeastern United States and Canada with brush and canvas in hand. Cook's story is…