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William Sidney Mount

Born: Setauket, NY, 26 November 1807
Died: Setauket, 18 November 1868
Nationality: American
Studies: 

apprenticed as a sign painter to his brother, Henry Mount (1825); drawing classes at National Academy of Design (NAD, 1826-27)

Career: 

1830 – exhibits Rustic Dance after a Sleigh Ride (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) at NAD
1835 – Bargaining for A Horse is engraved twice for the American Art Union

Commissions from: 

William Schaus; Luman Reed; Johathan Sturges

Important Artworks: 

Bargaining for a Horse, 1835 (New York Historical Society)

The Power of Music, 1847 (Cleveland Museum of Art)