biography of Cassily ADAMS (1843-1921)

Birth place: Zanesville, OH

Death place: Trader's Point, IN

Profession: Genre and historical painter, engraver

Studied: Boston Acad. Arts; under Thomas S. Noble, Cincinnati Art School, 1870

Work: Shelburne (VT) Mus.

Comments: A descendant of John Adams; he was wounded at Vicksburg in the Civil War. Adams had a studio in St. Louis, 1878-85. He painted Custer's Last Fight," 1884-85, which was exhibited around the country and hung in Fort Bliss, TX, until it was destroyed in a fire in 1946.

Sources: P & H Samuels; Muller, Paintings and Drawings at the Shelburne Museum, 23 (w/repro.); Brewington, 3."