Samuel Anderson Robb
Illustration — Cigar store figure by Samuel Anderson Robb, William Demuth and Company, New York City, 1870 Samuel Anderson Robb (c. 1851–1928) was an American sculptor, best known for his carved wooden figures for tobacco shops and circus wagons. Robb was born in New York City, the son of a Scottish shipwright.
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Samuel Anderson Robb
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- 1851 · New York City.
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- United States
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- sculptor
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Illustration — Cigar store figure by Samuel Anderson Robb, William Demuth and Company, New York City, 1870 Samuel Anderson Robb (c. 1851–1928) was an American sculptor, best known for his carved wooden figures for tobacco shops and circus wagons. Robb was born in New York City, the son of a Scottish shipwright.
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Born at New York City in 1851, died in 1928.
Work by Samuel Anderson Robb is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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