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3486Looking Out to Sea from Sheep Island, watercolor
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
  • Places, Landscape
  • Susie Wass Thompson
3487Mount Desert Seascape
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Oil on canvas. Large wooden frame.
  • Carroll Tyson
  • 1948
Description:
Oil on canvas. Large wooden frame.
3488Twenty Birds of Mount Desert Island, prints
  • Image, Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Sparrow Hawk #147, 1920 Blue Jay #66 Pigeon Hawks #63 Double Crested Cormorants #80 Great Blue Heron Pileated Woodpecker, 1918 American Swift #92, 1919 Grey Owl #124 Great Black Back Gull #79, 1918 Greater Grey Owl #136, 1920 American Goshawk, 1920 Broad Wing Hawk #72 American Goldfinch, 1918 American Redstart, 1918 Ruffed Grouse, 1918 Common American Crow #74, 1918 Coopers Owl with field mouse #92, 1919 Coopers Hawk #2, 1919 Snowy Owl Old Squaw #110, 1918
  • Carroll Tyson
  • 20 prints
Description:
Sparrow Hawk #147, 1920 Blue Jay #66 Pigeon Hawks #63 Double Crested Cormorants #80 Great Blue Heron Pileated Woodpecker, 1918 American Swift #92, 1919 Grey Owl #124 Great Black Back Gull #79, 1918 Greater Grey Owl #136, 1920 American Goshawk, 1920 Broad Wing Hawk #72 American Goldfinch, 1918 American Redstart, 1918 Ruffed Grouse, 1918 Common American Crow #74, 1918 Coopers Owl with field mouse #92, 1919 Coopers Hawk #2, 1919 Snowy Owl Old Squaw #110, 1918 [show more]
3489Japanese style landscape, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Japanese lacquer-work done by Anna Lewis Kneedler under commission for the Harris Room in 1966.
  • Anna Lewis Kneedler
  • 1966
Description:
Japanese lacquer-work done by Anna Lewis Kneedler under commission for the Harris Room in 1966.
3490Rose and the Hand, print with poem
  • Image, Print
  • Nature, Plants
  • Other, Literature
Print with poem.
  • Charles Wadsworth
  • 1973
Description:
Print with poem.
3491Rosamond Lamb's Cottage "Twin Top" Sutton Island, pastel
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
3492Set of 5 pastels
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Were in the old Patterson room, named for the artist.
  • Antoinette De Coursey Patterson
  • 1952
Description:
Were in the old Patterson room, named for the artist.
3493Set of 4 pastels
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
3494Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript
  • Object, Religious Text
  • Object, Religious Text
Framed by Charles Savage
Description:
Framed by Charles Savage
3495Northeast Harbor, David Stanley, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
Subject in painting is David Stanley.
  • Clay Kanzler
  • 2003
Description:
Subject in painting is David Stanley.
3496Mount Desert from the Sea, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
  • Sara Weeks Peabody
3497Sunlit Path, Thuya, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Garden
  • Winnie Smart
  • 2005
  • oil on canvas
3498Otto Griebling, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil
  • People
Otto Griebling (1896-1972).
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1960
  • oil on canvas
Description:
Otto Griebling (1896-1972).
3499Peaceful Pathways, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Shore
Part of the 'Follow the paper trail' series.
  • Arlyss Becker
  • Mar-11
Description:
Part of the 'Follow the paper trail' series.
3500Library, watercolor
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Given to Robert Pyle by the artist in 1980.
  • Mary Whiting
Description:
Given to Robert Pyle by the artist in 1980.
3501Mount Desert from Bar Harbor, watercolor
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
  • Places, Landscape
Came from the old library.
  • Thomas Cabot
  • 1850
Description:
Came from the old library.
3502Mount Desert to Katahdin Bird's Eye View, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
  • Augustus D. Phillips
  • 1982
3503Woolies, Sailors' Embroidered Folk Art, tapestry
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide
  • 24 woolies
Description:
This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide [show more]
3504Woolie, tapestry
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1 woolie
3506Tennyson, bust
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • People
Stone bust.
  • Partridge
Description:
Stone bust.
3507George Washington, bust
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • People
3508Dante, bust
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • People
Commissioned by Mrs. Fay.
  • Charles Savage
  • 1980
  • plaster
Description:
Commissioned by Mrs. Fay.
3509Hermes Olympia, bust
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • People
Stone bust form the old library on South Shore Road.
Description:
Stone bust form the old library on South Shore Road.
3510Emmett Kelley Clown, sculpture
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • Agnes Yarnall
3512Peabody Center, dedication
  • Object, Sign
  • Object, Sign