Sketch of country toward the St. John River
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"Sketch of country toward the St. John River -- taken from Mountain about 3000 ft. high -- S of (Camp 2) Sta XLVIII."
The Talcott survey, headed by Capt. Andrew Talcott, was sent out to map the northern boundary of Maine after hostilities broke out in 1839 between settlers in the Madawaska region around the St. John River.
"Artists accompanied the survey and used an apparatus called a camera lucida. Suspended over a sheet of drawing paper, the camera lucida, by means of a prism, projected an exact outline of a particular view onto the paper, which could then be traced. Later, the line drawings were embellished with watercolor."- from Barry, William and Geraldine Tidd Scott. "Charting a wilderness. Rare drawings of the trackless North Woods resurface after 150 years." Downeast Magazine, June 1995. p. 59-60.
The original painting is held at the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Other Information
- Title: Sketch of country toward the St. John River
- Creator: Glass, J. W.
- Creation Date: circa 1841
- Subject Date: circa 1841
- State: ME
- Media: Transparency
- Local Code: Coll. 2174, #13
- Collection: Talcott Collection
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
United States--Surveys
Surveyors
Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)--Paintings
Talcott, Andrew, 1797-1883
Talcott survey
Northeast boundary of the United States
Explorers
Explorers and exploration
Watercolors
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