Frederic Thomas Somerby or F.T. Somerby (1814–1871) was a painter and "sporting writer" in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century.Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, v.5. NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1888"A Modern Ancient-Prophecy." Historical Magazine (NY), Feb. 1872 As an author he contributed to Spirit of the Times. He also worked as a decorative painter and kept a studio in Cornhill (ca.1848-1869);Boston Directory, 1848; Boston Almanac, 1864; Boston Commercial Directory, 1869Mascolo. "Newburyport Antiques Show Sparkles ." Antiques and the Arts, 2005 clients included the Nantucket County Whigs."Grand Mass Convention of the Whigs of Massachusetts 100000 Whigs in the City of Boston." Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 09-20-1844 Examples of artwork by Somerby reside in the collection of Historic New England.
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Open Library. Works by Cymon (1814 - 1871), pen-name of F.T. Somerby