Samuel Lancaster Gerry (American, 1813-1891) oil on canvas. Second half of 19th century. Size: 9.75 inches x 15.75 inches. A Hudson River School autumnal landscape painting by Samuel L. Gerry, who was also a prominent member of the White Mountain School. Gerry was born in Boston and was largely self-taught, though his work shows the influence of Hudson River School artists, such as Asher B. Durand and Thomas Cole. He established a studio in Boston in 1840, after returning from several years of travel in Europe. He made frequent painting excursions to New Hampshire during the 1840s and is known for his portrait, genre, landscape and animal subjects. He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and was a founder of the Boston Art Club, where he later served as president in 1858. He produced views of Boston and many New Hampshire landscapes. He died in Boston in 1891. Condition: The painting has been professionally cleaned and exhibits some minor in-painting and visible craquelure. Offered in its original gilt wood frame, which retains a partial label affixed to the verso that is difficult to decipher, but which gives his address at the Studio Building in Boston, where he had a studio from the 1860s to the 1880s, together with the original sales price of One Hundred Dollars. There is also a more modern white sticker marked MFA 776 (which might reference a past exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston). The painting is signed with a conjoined monogram in the lower right corner.

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