Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Thomas Badger painted this portrait of Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851) of Portland.
Dearborn worked in Portland as a lawyer after graduating from William and Mary College in 1803. He oversaw the construction of Fort Preble and Fort Scammel in Portland Harbor in 1808.
In the war of 1812 he was a brigadier general commanding the volunteers in the defenses of Boston Harbor.
He wrote many magazine articles using the pen names "Nearchus" and "Massasoit." He also wrote the book, History of Navigation and Naval Architecture.
About This Item
- Title: Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, 1848
- Creator: Thomas Badger
- Creation Date: 1848
- Subject Date: 1848
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood
- Dimensions: 92 cm x 79 cm
- Local Code: A86-948
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Badger, Thomas, 1792-1868
- Forts & fortifications--Maine--Portland
- Lawyers--Maine--Portland
- Authors
- Paintings
- Fort Preble (Me.)
- Fortification--Maine--Portland
- United States--History--War of 1812
- Dearborn, H.A.S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851--Portraits
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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