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daguerreotype . photograph by mathew b. brady , circa 1855 november 19 , 1868 setauket , new york setauket , new york american genre , landscape , and portrait painting november 26 , 1807 file : mathew b. brady - william sidney mount.jpg william sidney mount
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william sidney mount

william sidney mount -lrb- november 26 , 1807 -- november 19 , 1868 -rrb- was an american painter best known for his genre paintings , although he also painted landscapes and portraits .
he was a contemporary of the hudson river school .
