Keywords: Pencil Sketch
Item 103636
Ambrotype of pencil drawing of man in profile view, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Ambrotype
Item 20433
Statue sketch, Thomas Park, New Sweden, ca. 1930
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Lead Pencil on Paper
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes
"1900 Charles Quincy Goodhue (1835-1910) Pencil sketch Collections of Maine Historical Society In the tumult of the Revolutionary era, three taverns…"
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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.
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"… Clover Cottage home, drawing small and detailed pencil sketches, or in the constant typewritten discourse about Asticou that he created, Charles…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862
"… remarkably correct and his only instrument was a pencil and for the fun of it I gave him 10 cents a piece to draw my house & store and I have both…"
