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Alexander Stuart

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Alexander Charles Stuart (1831 - 1898) was active/lived in Pennsylvania / Scotland.  Alexander Stuart is known for Marine-ship portrait painting.

Born in Scotland, Alexander Stuart became a painter of ship portraits who was listed in the census as living in New York in 1860. From 1863 to 1866, he served in the U.S. Navy and then spent the remainder of his life living along the Delaware River area near Philadelphia, Camden, Wilmington, etc.

He worked for shipbuilders but was an alcoholic. In 1884, he advertised himself as a gynecologist.

Often he signed his works simply as Stuart with a monogram of an anchor.

Source: Peter Falk, WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICAN ART
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Alexander Stuart was born in Scotland on June 2, 1831. He received his early schooling in Glasgow, and later attended the Rugby School, England. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, receiving one degree in draftsmanship and one in medicine. Afterwards, Stuart traveled extensively with the British Royal Navy, visiting Australia and all parts of Europe.

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Alexander Stuart available:    Stanley Arthurs,  James Hamilton,  Frank English,  Xanthus Russell Smith,  Newbold Trotter,  William Stubbs,  Barclay Rubincam,  Robert Street,  Victor Shearer,  David Ellinger,  Hattie Klapp Brunner,  Mary Russell Smith,  Jacob Maentel,  John Wilson Carmichael,  Samuel Walters,  Hobson Lafayette Pittman,  Albert Van Nesse Greene,  Frank Schoonover,  Giovanni Martino,  James Sword,  Ben Austrian,  William Edward Norton,  Eugene Verboeckhoven,  Thomas Buttersworth



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Facts about Alexander Stuart

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Alexander Stuart
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques Queries October 1995 Begley, Christine No
10 Book References for Alexander Stuart
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Brewington, Dorothy E R Dictionary of Marine Artists (Peabody Museum) 431 No
1980 Archibald, E H H Dictionary of Sea Painters 455 Yes
1975 Smith, Bradley The U S A A History in Art 296 Yes
1968 Brewington, M V and Dorothy The Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum 530 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
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