Samuel S. Carr was an American pastoral and landscape painter. Originally from England, he relocated to the U.S. (specifically, New York City

New York City

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, where he later studied mechanical drawing in 1865) around 1862. He is recorded as having lived in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 from 1879 to 1907, along with his sister, Annie, and her husband, John Bond. He never married. He is a fairly well known artist, with some of his paintings having sold at auction alongside the likes of Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell

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 and N.C. Wyeth, to the tune of over US$70,000, and often signed his pieces as "S.S. Carr".

He was at one point President of the Brooklyn Art Club, and was also a member of a Masonic Lodge

Masonic Lodge

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.