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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. | ||||
| 1789 | Portrait - the Babson Sisters |
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Description: Portrait by Samuel Blythe of Babson Sisters, Rachel and Susannah. Rachel born May 27, 1776. Susannah born March 10, 1780. Both wearing striped dresses. Older girl holding bird in hand. Youngest holding bird cage open. Green curtain tied back in background. See artifact (archival?) file for genealogical information. Pastel on rag paper. Restored in 2010 with grants from the Hattie A. and Fred C. Lynam Trust of Bar Harbor and the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board with funds from the State of Maine's New Century Community Program. Blythe was a decorative painter, sometimes portrait painter, from Salem [Mass.]. Presumably the family was still living in the Amesbury area, but one sister married a second generation Somes. The daughter of the other sister also married a Somesville resident and both are buried in the Somes Burying Ground in Somesville along with their parents. The portrait resides in its original frame and is in delicate condition though somewhat stablilized by rehousing in 1995 through the efforts of the Society. (Notes on the Collection, Feb. 25, 1996; see info. above about restoration.) [show more] | ||
| 2068 | The Eyrie Garden |
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Description: leaflet from the Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America July 11,12,13, 1934 Garden Club of Mt. Desert with description of the Eyrie Garden of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and illustration of the Garden. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 7084 | Dog Drawing |
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| 9276 | Drawing of heads of 2 dogs |
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Description: Drawing of the heads of two dogs by LaRue Spiker undated Previously archived as 012.FIC.053.1, **1366 | ||
| 9516 | Sketch of Dog |
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Description: Pencil kketch of Collie type dog. Sketch just of dog’s head, faces to the left. ‘MLC’ written in pencil on bottom. | |
| 11442 | Mossley Hall |
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Description: Four (4) plans cellar to third floor of Mossley Hall. See also 001.74.1006 for alterations to this building. W.B. Howard Cottage, 1882-3. William Ralph Emerson, architect. | ||
| 11443 | Mossley Hall |
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Description: Blueprints four (4) of Mossley Hall in Bar Harbor, Me. Related to 015.74.1006 alteration to Moseley Hall. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| 11485 | Somesville MDIHS Campus Painting, 2014 |
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Description: Water-based paint on mylar sketch of MDIHS's Somesville campus. Attached note from the artist dated 5 August 2014. | ||
| 11531 | Acadia National Park Painting |
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Description: Painting of Seal Cove from Gray Homestead by Howe D. Higgins. Label on frame says "Acadia National Park." Frame is rough grey wood. On back: Framed by Harborside Studio, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Seal Cove Long Pond and Acadia Nat. Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Howe D. Higgins was born in 1894 and died in 1974, per Vining book. He is buried in Mt. Height Cemetery in SW Harbor. He was the grandson of Sylvanus Higgins of Mt. Desert. [show more] | ||
| 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. | |||
| 11558 | Painting of Kittredge Brook or Babson's Creek |
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Description: A painting with notes on the back:"Painted by Hulls Cove woman named Miss Hamor about 1890. Picture of Kittridge Brook or Babson's Creek, near the Somesville Stop light." Notes are probably written on the back by Sturgis Haskins. | ||
| 12783 | Painting of scene on Ocean Drive, Mount Desert Island |
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Description: Oil painting of Ocean Drive, Mount Desert Island, by Howe D. Higgins. Inscription on the back: "Ocean Drive, Acadia National Park, by Howe D. Higgins, 1963, Harborside Studio, Southwest Harbor, Maine. | ||
| 12784 | Surf at Seawall |
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Description: Oil painting of Surf at Seawall, by Howe D. Higgins. Inscription on the back: "Surf at Seawall, Mount Desert Island, Me, Painted by Howe D. Higgins, 1963, At Harborside Studio, Southwest Harbor, Maine. | ||
| 13082 | Alterations to Mr. Alexander Moseley's Cottage |
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Description: Two plans ( ink on linen) of alterations to existing cottage. Original cottage ws designed by William Ralph Emerson 1885. ( see 001.74.10007). Size 11" by 30" | ||
| 13083 | Sketch for Proposed Mission for Rev. Saml Jobe |
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Description: 2 elevations and 1 plan, pendcil on tracing paper. One 18" by 18" elevation and 12" by 18" plan and elevation. | ||
| 13084 | Alterations to Star Theater For Joe Emery |
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