Keywords: Portrait painters
Item 10596
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1806 Location: Bath; Augusta Media: Oil on Canvas
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Ezekiel Day, Portland, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype
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Informal family photos often include family pets -- but formal, studio portraits and paintings also often feature one person and one pet, in formal attire and pose.
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Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.
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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2
"Cole. Lovell native Eastman Johnson was one of nineteenth century America’s leading portrait and genre artists."
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"… his invention of photography in January 1839, painter Paul Delaroche declared, "From today, painting is dead." Yet the daguerreotype would not…"
