__NOTOC__ Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813–1891) was an artist in 19th-century

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. He painted portraits and also landscapes of the White Mountains and other locales in New England. He was affiliated with the

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, and the

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. In 1857 he co-founded the

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. Born in Boston, Gerry was self-taught as an artist. He showed works in many public settings, such as the 1841 exhibit of the

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; and an 1879 exhibit of contemporary art at the

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. He attended the 1860 convention of the National Art Association in Washington, DC. Students of Gerry included H. Frances Osborne, Samuel Green Wheeler Benjamin, Fannie Elliot Gifford, Charles Wesley Sanderson, and J. Frank Currier. With the exception of three years abroad, his professional life was passed chiefly in Boston.

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Gerry, S. L. (Samuel Lancaster) 1813-1891

Consuming views: art and tourism in the White Mountains, 1850–1900.

Archives of American Art. Samuel Lancaster Gerry, Malden, Ma. letter to unidentified recipient, 1853 March 13.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerry, Samuel Lancaster 19th-century American painters American male painters 1813 births 1891 deaths Painters from Boston 19th century in Boston 19th-century American male artists

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