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| name = John White Allen Scott
[[Image:1905 JohnWAScott byAJPhilpott AmericanAntiquarianSociety.png|150px|thumb|right|Portrait of John W.A. Scott by A.J. Philpott, 1905 (American Antiquarian Society)]]
| image = Image:1905 JohnWAScott byAJPhilpott AmericanAntiquarianSociety.png
| birth_date = {{birth year|1815}}
| birth_place = [[Roxbury, Boston|Roxbury]], Massachusetts
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|3|4|1815}}
| death_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
| nationality = American
| field = [[painting]], [[lithography]]
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'''John White Allen Scott''' (1815- March 4, 1907) was an American painter and lithographer associated with the [[Hudson River School]] and [[White Mountain art]].
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'''John White Allen Scott''' (1815-1907) or '''John W. A. Scott''' was an artist in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], in the 19th century.<ref>Boston Directory. 1851, 1857</ref><ref>Boston Almanac. 1870</ref> He worked for [[Pendleton's Lithography]] early in his career. In the 1840s he started a lithography business in partnership with [[Fitz Hugh Lane]] ("Lane & Scott's Lithography").<ref>John William Reps. Views and viewmakers of urban America: lithographs of towns and cities in the United States and Canada, notes on the artists and publishers, and a union catalog of their work, 1825-1925. University of Missouri Press, 1984</ref><ref>Barbara Novak. American painting of the nineteenth century: realism, idealism, and the American experience. Oxford University Press US, 2007</ref> Around 1852 he kept a studio in Boston's [[Tremont Temple]].<ref>Destructive Fire. Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 04-01-1852</ref> Scott's work sold well; for instance in 1855 he "sold more than 50 landscapes at auction."<ref>Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, July 1855</ref> He belonged to the [[New England Art Union]]<ref>Bulletin of the New England Art Union, No. 1 (1852)</ref> and the [[Boston Art Club]].<ref>New York Times, March 5, 1907</ref>

==Biography==
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'''John White Allen Scott''' or '''John W.A. Scott''' was born in Roxbury, [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], in 1815.<ref>Boston Directory. 1851, 1857</ref><ref>Boston Almanac. 1870</ref> Scott began as an apprentice at [[Pendleton's Lithography]] in 1830 at the same time as fellow Roxbury native [[Nathaniel Currier]] of [[Currier and Ives]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0R5MAAAAYAAJ&q=%22John+WA+Scott%22|title=Old-Time New England|year=1972|publisher=Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1972}}</ref> In 1844 Scott started a lithography firm in partnership with [[Fitz Hugh Lane]] ("Lane & Scott's Lithography"), which lasted until 1847.<ref>John William Reps. Views and viewmakers of urban America: lithographs of towns and cities in the United States and Canada, notes on the artists and publishers, and a union catalog of their work, 1825-1925. University of Missouri Press, 1984</ref><ref>[[Barbara Novak]]. American painting of the nineteenth century: realism, idealism, and the American experience. Oxford University Press US, 2007</ref> The firm successfully produced lithographs dominated by ships, landscapes and architectural forms. Scott continued to produce "exceptional" lithographs into the 1850s and would remain friends with Lane.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gACACQAAQBAJ&q=%22John+WA+Scott%22&pg=PA119|author=Craig, James|title=Fitz H. Lane: An Artist's Voyage through Nineteenth-Century America|date=August 2006|publisher=The History Press, 2006|isbn=9781625844422}}</ref> Around 1852 he kept a studio in Boston's [[Tremont Temple]].<ref>Destructive Fire. Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 04-01-1852</ref> Scott's work sold well during his time; for instance, in 1855 he "sold more than 50 landscapes at auction."<ref>Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, July 1855</ref> Among his favorite subjects was Southern New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYnqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22John+White+Allen+Scott%22|author=Gerdts, William|title=19th Century American Painting from the Collection of Henry Melville Fuller|year=1971|publisher=Currier Gallery of Art, 1971}}</ref> He belonged to the [[New England Art Union]]<ref>Bulletin of the New England Art Union, No. 1 (1852)</ref> and the [[Boston Art Club]] (1863-1907), of which he was the oldest member at the time of his death.<ref>New York Times, March 5, 1907</ref> Scott also frequently exhibited at the [[Boston Athenæum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vosegalleries.com/artists/john-white-allen-scott|title=Vose Galleries - John White Allen Scott}}</ref>

Scott's paintings are now held in the collections of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/view-of-roxbury-35771|title=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Collection, "View of Roxbury, 1854"}}</ref> the [[Currier Museum of Art]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://collections.currier.org/Obj7100?sid=4322&x=2597957|title=Currier Museum of Art Collections}}</ref> the [[Farnsworth Art Museum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collection.farnsworthmuseum.org/objects/1051|title=Farnsworth Museum of Art Collections}}</ref> the [[New Hampshire Historical Society]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhhistory.org/object/144306/painting|title=New Hampshire Historical Society Collections, "In the Notch"}}</ref> and [[The Butler Institute of American Art]], among other museums and galleries.


==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/cities/captions/image44.html NYPL]. View of Newburyport, (from Salisbury), 1846. By Lane & Scott
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727084119/http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/cities/captions/image44.html NYPL]. View of Newburyport, (from Salisbury), 1846. By Lane & Scott
* http://www.postroadgallery.com/jwascott.html
* Post Road Gallery, NY. [http://www.postroadgallery.com/jwascott.html Work by Scott]
* http://whitemountainart.com/Biographies/bio_jwas.htm
* [http://whitemountainart.com/Biographies/bio_jwas.htm White Mtn. Art & Artists]
* http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6624588
* Skinner auctioneers, Massachusetts. [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6624588 Work by Scott]


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John White Allen Scott
Born1815 (1815)
Roxbury, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 4, 1907(1907-03-04) (aged 91–92)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forpainting, lithography

John White Allen Scott (1815- March 4, 1907) was an American painter and lithographer associated with the Hudson River School and White Mountain art.

Biography

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John White Allen Scott or John W.A. Scott was born in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1815.[1][2] Scott began as an apprentice at Pendleton's Lithography in 1830 at the same time as fellow Roxbury native Nathaniel Currier of Currier and Ives.[3] In 1844 Scott started a lithography firm in partnership with Fitz Hugh Lane ("Lane & Scott's Lithography"), which lasted until 1847.[4][5] The firm successfully produced lithographs dominated by ships, landscapes and architectural forms. Scott continued to produce "exceptional" lithographs into the 1850s and would remain friends with Lane.[6] Around 1852 he kept a studio in Boston's Tremont Temple.[7] Scott's work sold well during his time; for instance, in 1855 he "sold more than 50 landscapes at auction."[8] Among his favorite subjects was Southern New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock.[9] He belonged to the New England Art Union[10] and the Boston Art Club (1863-1907), of which he was the oldest member at the time of his death.[11] Scott also frequently exhibited at the Boston Athenæum.[12]

Scott's paintings are now held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[13] the Currier Museum of Art,[14] the Farnsworth Art Museum,[15] the New Hampshire Historical Society,[16] and The Butler Institute of American Art, among other museums and galleries.

References

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  1. ^ Boston Directory. 1851, 1857
  2. ^ Boston Almanac. 1870
  3. ^ "Old-Time New England". Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1972. 1972.
  4. ^ John William Reps. Views and viewmakers of urban America: lithographs of towns and cities in the United States and Canada, notes on the artists and publishers, and a union catalog of their work, 1825-1925. University of Missouri Press, 1984
  5. ^ Barbara Novak. American painting of the nineteenth century: realism, idealism, and the American experience. Oxford University Press US, 2007
  6. ^ Craig, James (August 2006). Fitz H. Lane: An Artist's Voyage through Nineteenth-Century America. The History Press, 2006. ISBN 9781625844422.
  7. ^ Destructive Fire. Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 04-01-1852
  8. ^ Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, July 1855
  9. ^ Gerdts, William (1971). "19th Century American Painting from the Collection of Henry Melville Fuller". Currier Gallery of Art, 1971.
  10. ^ Bulletin of the New England Art Union, No. 1 (1852)
  11. ^ New York Times, March 5, 1907
  12. ^ "Vose Galleries - John White Allen Scott".
  13. ^ "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Collection, "View of Roxbury, 1854"".
  14. ^ "Currier Museum of Art Collections".
  15. ^ "Farnsworth Museum of Art Collections".
  16. ^ "New Hampshire Historical Society Collections, "In the Notch"".
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  • Lithograph by Lane & Scott of Bowdoin College, 1845
    Lithograph by Lane & Scott of Bowdoin College, 1845
  • Lithograph by Lane & Scott of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1846
    Lithograph by Lane & Scott of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1846
  • Boston Harbor, by John W.A. Scott, 1853 (Old State House Museum, Boston)
    Boston Harbor, by John W.A. Scott, 1853 (Old State House Museum, Boston)
  • View of Roxbury by John W.A. Scott, 1854 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
    View of Roxbury by John W.A. Scott, 1854 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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