Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813 - 1891) Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right, Measures (12.5 x 9.5 inches) w/frame (24.5 x 16.5 inches) A leader of the White Mountain School of painting in the 1840s, Samuel Gerry painted in the Hudson River style and also was among the Hudson River School artists who painted in that geographical area. He also painted occasional views of the Hudson River Valley including in 1858, a painting titled West Point, Hudson River, and Sailing on the Hudson (undated). In addition, he was noted for portrait, genre and animal subjects, and sometimes he copied the works of other artists such as several by New York artist George Harvey (1800-1878) and by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854). According to Shannon's auction catalogue of 10/24/2002: Samuel Gerry and James Burt were close artistic friends and lived across the street from each other in Boston. In 1836, they collaborated on a series of Boston views for the engines of the Boston Fire Company. Over the years, the two would collaborate on landscapes that became engravings,

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