Object Timeline

1938

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Bit of Shore, Somes Sound, Mt. Desert

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated August 18, 1856 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, white chalk on buff wove 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

17.7 × 24.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left center: bit of shore .Somes Sound. Mt. Desert - Augt 18 56; lower right: Aug [?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bit of Shore, Somes Sound, Mt. Desert; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite, white chalk on buff wove paper; 17.7 × 24.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1027

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18346473/ |title=Drawing, Bit of Shore, Somes Sound, Mt. Desert |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=11 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>