Dancing on the Barn Floor

About The Artist: William Sidney Mount

William Sidney Mount, (born November 26, 1807, Setauket, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died November 19, 1868, Setauket), American genre painter who mainly depicted rustic life in his native Long Island. He was one of the first and best 19th-century anecdotal painters in the United States. A farm boy until age 17, Mount apprenticed himself to his older brother Henry, a sign painter working in New York City. They were joined by another...