Biografie von Joseph Shoemaker RUSSELL (1795-1860)

Birth place: New Bedford, MA

Death place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: Active in New Bedford, MA area, 1814-18; Philadelphia, 1818

Profession: Amateur watercolorist

Work: Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc. (27 watercolors)

Comments: Ran a lamp oil store in Philadelphia in 1818. A number of his watercolors have been preserved, chiefly views of buildings and interiors in Philadelphia and New Bedford.

Sources: G&W; Little, Joseph Shoemaker Russell and His Water Color Views," (seven repros.); Blasdale, Artists of New Bedford, 162 (w/repro.)"