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Drawing, Somes Sounds, Mt. Desert, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated August 12, 1856 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

25.1 × 35.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1851

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center right: Somes Sounds - Mt. Desert / looking South East - / Somesville / Augt - 12./56; lower left: opposite is (I suppose) Bar Island / now (1881) the villa residence of / Mr & Miss Pryor.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Somes Sounds, Mt. Desert, Maine; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite on paper; 25.1 × 35.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1005

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