Samuel Lovett Waldo

Waldo, Samuel (1696-1759) Colonial militia officer and land speculator. Born in England, Samuel Waldo moved to Boston with his family in 1700. He became one of Massachusetts' greatest land proprietors, and was appointed colonel commanding one of the state's two militia regiments in 1742. During King George's War, Waldo was the third ranking officer of the New England militiamen that captured Louisbourg in 1745, a brilliant and surprising accomplishment for such a force. At the conclusion of that campaign he was a brigadier general. During the French and Indian War (1754-63), Waldo proposed that a fort be built at the mouth of the Penobscot River. On a trip with the state governor to inspect the progress of that project, Waldo died suddenly of apoplexy.

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(b Windham, CT, 6 April 1783; d New York, 16 Feb 1861). American painter. After attending a country school and working on his father's farm, he decided at the age of 16 to become an artist. He took lessons from Joseph Steward (1753-1822), a retired minister who operated a portrait studio in Hartford, CT. Waldo opened his own studio in Hartford in 1803, before moving on to paint portraits in Litchfield, CT, and Charleston, SC. In 1806, bearing letters of introduction to Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, Waldo travelled to London, where he studied at the Royal Academy. His portrait of Mr M'Dougle (untraced) was shown at the Royal Academy in 1808.

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Self-Portrait of Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1815

Samuel Lovett Waldo (6 April 1783, Windham, Connecticut – 16 February 1861, New York) was an American painter. In 1806 Waldo travelled to London, where he studied at the Royal Academy.

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• The Grove Dictionary of Art
• Artrenewal.org - Paintings
• Portrait of Maria Clarissa Leavitt, wife of David Leavitt, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum
• Portrait of David Leavitt, Banker, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum

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