Maine Memory Network

The Cheat Detected, ca. 1860

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Watercolor on paper

Bathing Cove, Castine, 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878-08-24 Location: Castine Media: Pencil on paper

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"His mother, an amateur watercolorist, was Homer’s first teacher. After Homer’s graduation from high school, his father arranged an apprenticeship for…"