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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Publisher | Date | |
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| 11557 | View on Mount Desert Island |
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Description: An oil painting of a landscape scene, probably on Mount Desert Island. Depicts three men outside of a tent. Men appear to be in uniforms. Canoe pulled up to shore. Signature on painting may be "heath," not "yeath." May depict an exaggerated view of Babson's Creek. Painting was in a donation that also included another painting, 003.13.009. | |||
| 17595 | Small painting |
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Description: Small card size painting by Garmie/Somes?- likely Ann Somes Fenneley. See photographs 997-293-48 and 997-298-463 for family history and artist details. | |||
| 16928 | A glimpse of Jordan Mt. |
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| 16930 | Garden at Key Wadin |
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Description: Watercolor of the garden at Keywadin. The artist may be Mary Davis Dunham | ||||
| 3289 | Painting - Small House |
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Description: Pastel on cardboard. Three mountains in center with trees on each side. Small house on right near gray water. Dark skies. | ||||
| 3290 | Painting - Portrait of Nathan Salisbury |
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Description: In oval dark wood frame with gilt edge. Portrait - gray background. Subject wearing black suit and bow tie resembles Abraham Lincoln. Loaner is descendant of Nathan Salisbury who lived in Somesville. | ||||
| 3291 | Painting - Books and Candle |
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Description: Still life painting of Dr. Kittredge’s books and candle in oil on canvas. Heavy ornate gold frame. Artist unknown. | ||||
| 13714 | Portrait of Sarah Whiting Kittredge |
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Description: Background brown and gray. Subject is wearing bonnet, shawl, black dress. A hand is reaching from behind sofa to take sheet music. Sarah Kittredge ( 1776-1871) was the wife of Dr. Kendall Kittredge (1773-1857), first doctor on Mount Desert Island. Artist unknown- may be an itinerant painter. | ||
| 3167 | The Homestead - Drawing |
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Description: Artist unknown. Shows elaborate house with gazebo to the right. Girl holding flower outside the house. Pencil or charcoal in wood frame. Pitch coming through the varnish. | ||||
| 3360 | Brig Polly |
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Description: Pastel of Brig Polly undersail with colors flying. Caption reads, “Brig Polly of Boston, Capt. Abraham Fernald with live stock for the West Indies. Leaving Boston”. Wood frame carved in a linked chain pattern. Donor info - Brig Polly once owned by Somesville and other island residents. Polly now in a Museum in Boston. | |||
| 3359 | Brig Polly |
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Description: Pastel of Brig Polly. Caption reads, “Brig Polly upset in thunderstorm. 18th Sept 1801”. Shows cattle in water and capsized ship. Man in pilgrim hat and Indian sitting on capsized ship. Donor info - Brig Polly once owned by Somesville and other island residents. Polly now in a Museum in Boston. | |||
| 3361 | Echo Vista Drawing |
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Description: India Ink Sketch of Echo Vista with Route 102 running down center and Echo Lake to right | ||||
| 17009 | Chebacco boat |
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Description: Pen and ink drawing of Chebacco boat and sailor. This was used as logo for MDI Historical Society's Chebacco magazine. | |||
| 14660 | 18 drawings of orchids |
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Description: 18 watercolor drawings of orchids by Mrs. Elsie Shaw. Original envelope cover and inside page referring to artists have been kept. Items are numbered 003.17.2a - . 2s. | ||||
| 11475 | Portrait of Jesse U. Mayo |
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Description: Framed portrait of Jesse U. Mayo. In wooden frame: approximately 15.5" x 24" with rounded top. Glass insert over portrait. Glass is loose in the frame, and backing is missing many of the securing nails. | ||||
| 7084 | Dog Drawing |
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| 1788 | Portrait - Abraham Somes IIII |
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Description: Large plaster frame painted in gold. Portrait - dark background. Subject in black suit wears beard. White mark in upper left hand corner. Some cracks in paint. Portrait done in oil on tin. Abraham Somes III portrait. |
