Lot Essay
Known as much for her distinctive portraits as for her charming animal pictures, Susan Waters was a prolific artist working in the New York and Pennsylvania area during the 1840s through the 1860s.
Born in Binghamton, New York, in 1823, Susan (Moore) Waters was educated in Friendsville, Pennsylvania. She married William Waters, a Hicksite Quaker, in 1841. They moved from Friendsville to Cannonsville, Berkshire, Richford, Kelloggsville and Oxford (New York), as well as Bordentown, New Jersey and Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The couple resettled in Bordentown in the 1860s; Susan Waters died in Trenton, New Jersey, in a Quaker home in 1900. During this time Waters worked as an art teacher and professional painter of both portraits and animal scenes.
Born in Binghamton, New York, in 1823, Susan (Moore) Waters was educated in Friendsville, Pennsylvania. She married William Waters, a Hicksite Quaker, in 1841. They moved from Friendsville to Cannonsville, Berkshire, Richford, Kelloggsville and Oxford (New York), as well as Bordentown, New Jersey and Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The couple resettled in Bordentown in the 1860s; Susan Waters died in Trenton, New Jersey, in a Quaker home in 1900. During this time Waters worked as an art teacher and professional painter of both portraits and animal scenes.