History of Setauket, (Suffolk County) New York United States of America

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William Sidney Mount, portrait painter, was born at Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1807; son of Thomas S. and Julia (Hawkins) Mount. In 1823 he apprenticed himself to a sign-painter in New York city, but in 1826 he entered the National Academy of Design as a student. He exhibited his first picture, a portrait of himself, at the National Academy of Design in 1828, and established his studio in New York in 1829. He was elected an associate of the National Academy in 1831, and an academician in 1832. His many genre pictures include: A Rustic Dance (1830); The Last Visit (1835); Farmer's Nooning (1837); The Raffle (1837); Bargaining for a Horse, and The Truant Gamblers in the New York Historical society; Boys Trapping (1839); Dance of the Haymakers (1845); Power of Music (1847); Turn of the Leaf (1849); Who'll turn the Grindstone? (1851); California News and Banjo Player (1858); Just in Time (1860); Early Impressions are Lasting (1864), and Mutual Respect (1868). Many of his pictures were engraved and largely sold. He died at Setauket, L.I., N.Y., Nov. 19, 1868.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Setauket, (Suffolk County) New York

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