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William Sidney Mount

American painter (1807-1868)
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William Sidney Mount
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
November 26, 1807
Date of death
November 19, 1868
Place of birth
Long Island, Setauket-East Setauket[6]
Place of death
Long Island, Stony Brook[7]
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
painter
Educated at
National Academy of Design[10]
Genre
landscape painting, genre painting, portrait, still life[13][14][15][16]
Work location
New York City, Stony Brook[20][21]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
Family name
Mount (surname)[17]
Given name
William, Sidney[18][19]
Has works in the collection
Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Cleveland Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brooklyn Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, New York Historical, Detroit Institute of Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Fogg Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, High Museum of Art, Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages, Berkshire Museum[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Instrument
violin[22]
Movement
Hudson River school[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files[24][25]
Place of burial
Setauket Presbyterian Church cemetery[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mount en William Sidney Mount en william s. mount en William S. Mount en william sydney mount en W. S. Mount fa ویلیام سیدنی ماونت he ויליאם סידני מאונט ja ウィリアム・シドニー・マウント ru Маунт, Уильям Сидней ru Уильям Сидней Маунт uk Вільям Сідней Маунт
🔖 Identifiers · 57
ISNI
0000000083935186
VIAF cluster ID
72190237
Library of Congress authority ID
n50006681
GND ID
118785168
ARTIC artist ID
35854
AbART person ID
161239
American National Biography ID
1700607
Art Renewal Center artist ID
3745
Artcyclopedia artist ID
mount_william_sidney
Artist-info artist ID
24060
Artists of the World ID
00124858
Artnet artist ID
william-sidney-mount
Show all 57 identifiers +45
Artsy artist ID
william-sidney-mount
AskArt person ID
21335
Athenaeum person ID
528
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
MountWilliamSidney1807-1868
Benezit ID
B00126724
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14434930d
British Museum person or institution ID
39603
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
mount-william-sidney
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00588747
Christie's creator ID
36391
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/William-Sidney-Mount
Europeana entity
agent/base/71136
FAST ID
1762
Find a Grave memorial ID
8123
Freebase ID
/m/059jzd
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991002698409707141
Geni.com profile ID
6000000006788772845
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m059jzd
Grove Art Online ID
T060016
Grove Music Online ID
L2255700
Harper's tag
william-sidney-mount
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
42152
IdRef ID
085853968
Invaluable.com person ID
hjnhy91y36
Lex ID
William_Sidney_Mount
Met Constituent ID
162149
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
63093
National Gallery of Art artist ID
1741
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007426850505171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071515259
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
6792
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3943911
Open Library ID
OL1958539A
OpenMLOL author ID
213018
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100212902
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
54704
Prabook ID
1108927
RKDartists ID
58038
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
79882
SNAC ARK ID
w6z343nt
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
3441
Union List of Artist Names ID
500017404
Watercolour World artist ID
william-sidney-mount
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvH8gVvqCPKCBP67jMdcP
Yale LUX ID
person/8e11424c-4adf-45ba-9f9b-0d6735048f58

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 19
Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum +11 more
Genre 4
portrait, still life, landscape painting, genre painting
Given name 2
William, Sidney
Place of birth 2
Long Island, Setauket-East Setauket
Place of death 2
Long Island, Stony Brook
Work location 2
New York City, Stony Brook
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Educated at 1
National Academy of Design
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
violin
Movement 1
Hudson River school
Occupation 1
painter
Sex or gender 1
male
← SNARC ID 1
Salisbury
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Summary

William Sidney Mount was born on November 26, 1807[1], in Long Island[2]. He died on November 19, 1868[3], in Long Island[4]. He worked as a painter[5].

FAQs

Where was William Sidney Mount born?

William Sidney Mount's place of birth was Long Island[2].

Where did William Sidney Mount die?

William Sidney Mount passed away in Long Island[4].

What did William Sidney Mount do for work?

William Sidney Mount worked as a painter[5].

Where did William Sidney Mount go to school?

William Sidney Mount was educated at National Academy of Design[10].

Related Entities

Brooklyn Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston National Gallery of Art New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → william-sidney-mount
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: william-sidney-mount, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289965374|william sidney mount (#289965374)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  2. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files
    Occupation → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Genre → landscape painting, genre painting, portrait +1
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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