Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… the larger scale, and more costly tradition of portrait painting. Samuel L. Carleton of Portland often used the devices of portraiture in his…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Some Maine artists offered the option to have portraits painted based on photographic images. Others used photography to document their work and…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"While Leland’s artist remains unknown, the Day portrait was the work of Portland portrait painter Charles O. Cole."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window. The window drapery is rendered in a manner reminiscent of those found in primitive portraits."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Her absence is conspicuous in this touching portrait of a young family facing the future without a wife and mother."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Friends at home, in return, send their portraits to the soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Maine occupational portraits are well represented in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection by daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Thus, his image is known only through portraits painted during his lifetime, including this one that has survived through a daguerreotype copy."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… of the street in the rear of the Resivoir, House painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and clean as a penny." View additional information about this item on the…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… a few loafers and furthermore black ink or water paint does not represent their natural color." He wrote that it took him 6 days to create the arm…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… school superintending committee had the building painted a light yellow. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, and his wife, Clara Cary Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… brother often came to my chamber to see me draw & paint the Iron works & I soon found he had a natural tact for drawing." Martin was writing and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"The painting is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… and several of his family members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"A typical picture, like the Hatch portrait of the little girls, was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"A portrait of Henry recently came to the Historical Society. We can only wonder if he and Daniel looked similar."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Town Reports) Nora Rackliff Graduation portrait, Farmington, 1922Farmington Historical Society Nora Rackliff Typing Certificate…"