Mucalesa Mountain from Mucalesa Pond, Talcott Survey, 1841
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Mucalesa Mountain from Mucalesa Pond, Talcott Survey, 1841. The present-day spelling is Mucalsea Mountain. 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: Mucalesa Mountain from Mucalesa Pond, Talcott Survey, 1841
- Creator: Harry, P.
- Creation Date: 1841
- Subject Date: 1841
- County: Somerset
- State: ME
- Media: Phototransparency
- Dimensions (cm): 28 x 26
- Local Code: Coll. 2174
- Collection: Talcott Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Mucalsea Mountain (Me.)
Explorers and exploration
Explorers
Northeast boundary of the United States
Talcott survey
Surveyors
Talcott, Andrew, 1797-1883
United States--Surveys
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