Frederic Thomas Somerby or F.T.
Somerby (1814–1871) was a painter and "sporting writer" in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century.
[1][2][3] As an author he contributed to Spirit of the Times.
He also worked as a decorative painter and kept a studio in Cornhill (ca.1848-1869);[4][5] clients included the Nantucket County Whigs.
[6] Examples of artwork by Somerby reside in the collection of Historic New England.