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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… the larger scale, and more costly tradition of portrait painting. Samuel L. Carleton of Portland often used the devices of portraiture in his…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"Some Maine artists offered the option to have portraits painted based on photographic images. Others used photography to document their work and…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"While Leland’s artist remains unknown, the Day portrait was the work of Portland portrait painter Charles O. Cole."

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window. The window drapery is rendered in a manner reminiscent of those found in primitive portraits."

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Her absence is conspicuous in this touching portrait of a young family facing the future without a wife and mother."

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Friends at home, in return, send their portraits to the soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light…"

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Maine occupational portraits are well represented in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection by daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Thus, his image is known only through portraits painted during his lifetime, including this one that has survived through a daguerreotype copy."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… of the street in the rear of the Resivoir, House painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and clean as a penny." View additional information about this item on the…"

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… interior, 1854 Illustration in Way Down East: or, Portraits of Yankee Life Seba Smith (1792-1868), Philadelphia Collections of Maine Historical…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… a few loafers and furthermore black ink or water paint does not represent their natural color." He wrote that it took him 6 days to create the arm…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… school superintending committee had the building painted a light yellow. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, and his wife, Clara Cary Martin…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… brother often came to my chamber to see me draw & paint the Iron works & I soon found he had a natural tact for drawing." Martin was writing and…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"The painting is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and…"

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… and several of his family members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly…"

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Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… nurtured by family members who read avidly, drew, painted, played music, and wrote. Zilpah Wadsworth, Henry’s mother, wrote during her childhood of…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"A typical picture, like the Hatch portrait of the little girls, was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location…"

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"A portrait of Henry recently came to the Historical Society. We can only wonder if he and Daniel looked similar."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Town Reports) Nora Rackliff Graduation portrait, Farmington, 1922Farmington Historical Society Nora Rackliff Typing Certificate…"