William Sidney Mount
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William Sidney Mount (November 26, 1807 – November 19, 1868) born in Setauket, New York was a renowned genre painter and contemporary of the Hudson River School. 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 are located in The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
One of the local elementary schools in the The Three Village Central School District is named in his honor.
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