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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… this engaging presentation drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing. Alexander’s 1868 rendering of Brown’s Falmouth…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… are 34 full-page illustrations, many of which are watercolors; 37 half- or quarter-page illustrations, 32 figural drawings, and numerous other…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"1803-1831 Watercolor Collections of Maine Historical Society This watercolor shows nearly every type of vessel involved in the Caribbean rum trade…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"… was the profile drawn in pencil or rendered in watercolor. Such profiles enjoyed widespread popularity in the decades before the advent of…"

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

"1802 Pen and ink and watercolor on paper Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of Charles Thornton Libby, 1909 This watercolor shows the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Scrap & Sketch Book is illustrated, often with watercolors, and covers a myriad of topics, often jumping from one to another: the circus, the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… Hampden House Bar, 1840 John Martin (1823-1904) Watercolor and pen and ink hand-illustrated journals Collections of Historical Society and the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… folk art-style sketches, many enhanced by watercolors. The illustrations and his meticulous descriptions of them provide an unparalleled record of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"A number are watercolors. The combination of his text and illustrations offer a picture of 19th century Bangor – then an emerging economic giant…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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