Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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The Rev. James Lewis (1770-1855) of Gorham was a Methodist minister who reportedly never accepted money for preaching.
He married Hannah Harding in 1793. The couple had 12 children.
The artist was Charles Octavius Cole (1814-1858), a renowned portrait painter who also did some landscapes, worked in New Orleans from 1838 to 1842, then settled in Portland until at least 1856.
About This Item
- Title: Reverend James Lewis, Gorham, 1848
- Creator: Charles Octavius Cole
- Creation Date: 1848
- Subject Date: 1848
- Location: Gorham, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Oil on Canvas
- Local Code: A86-921
- Object Type: Image
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