Samuel Addison Shute and Ruth Whittier Shute

Frederick Buxton − painted c. 1831
Master Burnham—painted c. 1831

Samuel Addison Shute (1803–1836) and Ruth Whittier Shute (1803–1882) were a husband and wife team of itinerant portrait painters active in New England and New York State during the 1830s.[1] Ruth Whittier Shute continued painting through the 1870s.

  1. ^ Stacy C. Hollander, Ruth Davis Anderson, et al., American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum, New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with the American Folk Art Museum, 2002, p. 322.