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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 | |
12729 | Cave of the Sea, Schooner Head |
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| Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 321. The illustrations in the Harper's article, with one exception, are those used again in “Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast” by Samuel Adams Drake, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1875. “Superbly illustrated by eminent American artists.” – From an advertisement by Harper & Brothers – The Nation, July 15, 1875, p. 47. | Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 321. The illustrations in the Harper's article, with one exception, are those used again in “Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast” by Samuel Adams Drake, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1875. “Superbly illustrated by eminent American artists.” – From an advertisement by Harper & Brothers – The Nation, July 15, 1875, p. 47. [show more] | ||
12737 | Devil’s Den and Schooner Head - 1872 |
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| Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 332. | Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 332. | ||
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 | |||
11288 | Eastern State Normal School, Castine, Maine |
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| The woodcut is an illustration from "History of Castine, Penobscot, and Brooksville, Maine; Including the Ancient Settlement of Pentagoet;" by George Augustus Wheeler, A.M., M.D. published by Burr & Robinson, Bangor, Maine 1875, interleaved near page 148. | Description: The woodcut is an illustration from "History of Castine, Penobscot, and Brooksville, Maine; Including the Ancient Settlement of Pentagoet;" by George Augustus Wheeler, A.M., M.D. published by Burr & Robinson, Bangor, Maine 1875, interleaved near page 148. | ||
12751 | Great Head |
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| Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by H. Linton | |||
12446 | Otter Cliff - Before 1905 |
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12565 | Samuel de Champlain |
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| There are no actual images of Samuel de Champlain. This wood engraving is often used to depict him although there are several theories about who the model for earlier versions of this image may have been. | Description: There are no actual images of Samuel de Champlain. This wood engraving is often used to depict him although there are several theories about who the model for earlier versions of this image may have been. | |||||
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 |