Artist
Charles S. Raleigh
born Gloucester, England 1830-died Bourne, MA 1925
- Also known as
- Charles Sidney Raleigh
- C. S. Raleigh
- Born
- Gloucester, England
- Died
- Bourne, Massachusetts, United States
- Active in
- New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- Biography
Charles Sidney Raleigh grew up in Gloucester, England, and ran away to sea when he was only ten years old. After thirty years as a merchant seaman, he married and settled in Massachusetts. He advertised himself as a “house, sign, ornamental, and carriage painter,” but he also painted more than six hundred images of whaling vessels.