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Samuel L. Gerry remained active nearly until the end of his life. He summered in New Hampshire for the final time in 1890 and was still advertising for students in the early months of 1891. But on April 26 of that year, just two weeks before his 78th birthday, Gerry died of kidney disease at his Roxbury, Massachusetts, residence. He left behind his wife of 55 years, five grown children, and a studio full of paintings his family continued to sell years after his death.

Gerry was one of the most prolific artists of his time and a pillar in the Boston art community. Only days after his death, The Critic, a New York weekly publication covering literature and the arts, gave additional insight into the high regard Gerry received from his peers: “[Gerry] was ever an ardent lover of the beautiful in this world, and with his intense religious feeling almost worshiped nature as a glorious creation of God.”