Samuel Scott 1702-1772
British
Samuel Scott Gallery
(b London, c. 1702; d Bath, 12 Oct 1772). English painter. In 1725 a sea-piece ascribed to Scott appeared at auction in London. In 1727 he was appointed Accomptant in the Stamp Office, Lincoln's Inn Square, London, an office he held for 28 years at an annual salary. Capture of the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senora de Cavagonda by the British ship Centurion during the Anson Expedition Capture of the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senora de Cavagonda by the British ship Centurion during the Anson Expedition
