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Preview image of work. oil on paper mounted on board, Ironbound Island 44062

2021.42

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Ironbound Island

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Artist

William Stanley Haseltine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1835 - 1900, Rome, Italy)

Title

Ironbound Island

Creation Date

ca. 1859-1865

Century

19th century

Dimensions

7 11/16 x 12 1/4 in. (19.53 x 31.12 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Creation Place

North America, United States, New England

Medium and Support

oil on paper mounted on board

Credit Line

Gift of Wendy A. Cooper in memory of Christopher P. Monkhouse

Copyright

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Accession Number

2021.42

The Wabanaki people, inhabiting for millennia what is now the state of Maine, have long held a special relationship with the region’s land and waters. They held sacred meaning and provided natural resources for sustenance. Depicted here is Ironbound, a rugged island off Mount Desert Island, a place known to have been inhabited by the Wabanaki during seasonal migrations. By the time William Haseltine painted this view of Ironbound, however, the Wabanaki had been displaced by summer rusticators in resort communities throughout Mount Desert and the adjacent islands.