Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Lived/Active: New York

The Blacksmith Shop
Signed (l.l.): S. S. Carr
Oil on canvas
12” x 18”, 17” x 23” with frame
Over-all in excellent condition, ultra-violet light reveals only minor restoration and in-painting.
Provenance: Private Collection; Eldred’s Auctions, East Dennis, MA.
Samuel Carr arrived in America around 1862 from England. He initially enrolled in a mechanical drawing class in 1865 at the Cooper Union in New York City. By 1870 he began exhibiting genre paintings and developed a fine reputation among his contemporaries, colleagues, and patrons. During his career he exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design.