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William Sidney Mount
1807-1868
William Sidney Mount Galleries
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 ?C November 19, 1868) born in Setauket, New York was a renowned genre painter and contemporary of the Hudson River School. Mount trained at the National Academy of Design in New York. Two of his more famous paintings are Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown) and Bargaining for a Horse (1835, New-York Historical Society, New York City). Beginning as a history painter, Mount moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. The largest collection of his works is located in The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
His home and studio, the William Sidney Mount House, is a National Historic Landmark. One of the local elementary schools in The Three Village Central School District is named in his honor, as is PS 174 elementary school in Rego Park, Queens. A residential building is named after him on the Stony Brook University campus.
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Painting ID:: 4248
Raffling for the Goose
1837
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Painting ID:: 4249
Cider Making
1841
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Painting ID:: 4250
Saul and the Witch of Endor
1828
The Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
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Painting ID:: 10578
horse dealers
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Painting ID:: 10579
Saul and the Witch of Endor
1828Oil on canvas
Smithsonian
Institution,
Washington
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William Sidney Mount
1807-1868
William Sidney Mount Galleries
William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 ?C November 19, 1868) born in Setauket, New York was a renowned genre painter and contemporary of the Hudson River School. Mount trained at the National Academy of Design in New York. Two of his more famous paintings are Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown) and Bargaining for a Horse (1835, New-York Historical Society, New York City). Beginning as a history painter, Mount moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. The largest collection of his works is located in The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
His home and studio, the William Sidney Mount House, is a National Historic Landmark. One of the local elementary schools in The Three Village Central School District is named in his honor, as is PS 174 elementary school in Rego Park, Queens. A residential building is named after him on the Stony Brook University campus.
. Related Artists to William Sidney Mount: | Johann Moritz Rugendas | Constantin Hansen | Giovanni del Biondo | The Freake Limner | Giambattista Pittoni |
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