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Samuel Bell Waugh

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Samuel Bell Waugh (1814 - 1885) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.  Samuel Waugh is known for Portrait, landscape and marine painting-theatre panoramas.

Born in New Wilmington, then Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Samuel Waugh became one of the most well-known portrait painters of Philadelphia and was also famous for his Italian panoramas. Among his portrait subjects were Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.

His father, James Waugh, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and later settled in New Wilmington where he laid out the town with his sons and opened the first general store. (New Wilmington is now part of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania).

Samuel Waugh first left New Wilmington for Pittsburgh where he worked in a paint store, then received some early art instruction from J.R. Smith in Philadelphia, and then went to Italy, France, and England to study the Old Masters.  In Europe, he painted many portraits and also panoramic scenes of Italy, for which he got some recognition there.

He settled in Philadelphia for the remainder of his life except for a year in New York City, 1844-1845, and Bord   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1666 characters.]  Artist bio

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33 Book References for Samuel Bell Waugh
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Schwarz-Philadelphia Fifty Years on Chestnut Street 80 Yes
1992 Danly, Susan Facing the Past 19th Century Portraits from Pennsylvania Academy 104 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 472 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1982 Soria, Regina Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940) 332 No
1981 Gerdts, William H The Art of Healing, Medicine and Science in American Art (Birmingham Museum of Art)
(Exhibition catalog)		 120 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)		 325 Yes
1978 Spencer Museum of Art Spencer Museum of Art Handbook of the Collection 168 Yes
1978 Williams, Herman Warner Jr Mirror to the American Past A Survey of American Genre Painting 1750-1900 248 Yes
1976 Editor for Architect of the Capitol Art in the United States Capitol 0 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1970 Ray, Frederick E O! Say Can You See The Story of America through Great Paintings 189 Yes
1969 Stewart, Robert G A Nineteenth Century Gallery of Distinguished Americans 93 No
1968 Townsend, Benjamin (others) This New Man A Discourse in Portraits
(Exhibition catalog)		 217 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1953 Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art Union 0 No
1943 Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 No
1941 New York Historical Society American Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures 367 No
1940 Addison, Agnes (editor) Portraits In the University of Pennsylvania 67 No
1935 De Young Memorial Museum Exhibition of American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 120 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1922 Kelby, William Notes on American Artists 1754-1820 Portraits & Sculpture in New York Hist Society 80 Yes
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