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Drawing, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated August 1856 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite on light green 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

27.3 × 44.7 cm (10 3/4 × 17 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, right center: Bar harbor - Mt. Desert Aug 1[?]; lower center: (big - Porcupine Isld- & the small rocky isld near it) / This must have been sketched from near the present site / of the Sears cottage / 1881.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite on light green paper; 27.3 × 44.7 cm (10 3/4 × 17 5/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-333

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