Benjamin Russell was an American artist best known for his accurate watercolors of whaling ships working in New England. Born to a wealthy family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Russell started drawing and painting in his late 30s, after a few years spent working as a cooper aboard a whaling ship.
- Occupation
- lithographer, painter
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 16, 1804
- Died
- March 3, 1885
