Shepard Alonzo Mount Shepard Alonzo Mount (1804–1868) was a National Academy of Design-trained American artist during the mid-nineteenth century that painted favorable genres of realism during the time such as still-life and landscapes. He found inspiration from subjects and themes found in local areas around him. He was best known for portraiture. Mount was highly regarded for his ability to capture a meticulously rendered likeness and personality of his portrait subjects. ### Biography Mount was born on July 17, 1804, in Setauket, New York. He was one of five children of Julia Ann Hawkin…