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Description
A lithograph entitled "View of Portland, Me. from the Cape Elizabeth side" was published by Whitefield & Smith, of New York, in 1848.
On the far left is a bridge connecting Portland to what is now South Portland.
The image was "Drawn from nature by E. Whitefield." Edwin Whitefield (1816-1892) was a British-born artist who specialized in painting landscape views and flowers.
The image shown is a photograph of the lithograph.
About This Item
- Title: View of Portland, 1848
- Creation Date: circa 1848
- Subject Date: circa 1848
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: 3793*; Browse_Portland_Views
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892
- Ships--Maine
- Harbors--Maine--Portland
- Portland Harbor (Me.)
- Harbors--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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