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12738 | Castle Head, Mount Desert - 1872 |
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| From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by Frederick William Quarterly | Description: From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by Frederick William Quarterly | |
12727 | Eagle Lake |
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| From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John C. Karst | Description: From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John C. Karst | |||
12751 | Great Head |
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| Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by H. Linton | |||
12748 | The “Spouting Horn” in a Storm |
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| "Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton | Description: "Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton [show more] | ||
12742 | "The Obelisk" at Monument Cove - 1872 |
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| The Obelisk in Monument Cave – Ocean Trail Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood engraving by Frederick William Quarterly | Description: The Obelisk in Monument Cave – Ocean Trail Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood engraving by Frederick William Quarterly | ||
12725 | The Porcupine Islands, Frenchman's Bay |
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| From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by Felix Octavius Carr Darley | Description: From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by Felix Octavius Carr Darley | |||
12749 | Thunder Cave |
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| Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John Filmer |