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In 1858 and 1859, George Frederick "Fred" Morse (1834-1925), an artist, draftsman and later superintendent at the Portland Company, kept a small journal of sketches of ships he could see from a window in Portland.
Each sketch, done in pencil, is dated.
Morse also was a founding member of the Brushians, a group of painters; and a founder and later president of the Portland Art Society.
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About This Item
- Title: 'Ships Seen from a Portland Window,' 1858
- Creator: George Frederick Morse
- Creation Date: 1858
- Subject Date: 1858
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Pencil on paper
- Dimensions: 10.6 cm x 16.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1856
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Artists--Maine
- Boats--Maine--Portland
- Drawings
- Morse, George Frederick, 1834-1926
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)
- Portland Harbor (Portland, Me.)
- Portland Museum of Art--History
- Portland Society of Art (Portland, Me.)
- Ships--Maine--Portland
- Sweat Memorial Art Museum--History
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