Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine) – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine), an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine)
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Owls Head Light stands on a rocky headland at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, near Rockland, Maine, and this small color lithograph from about 1870 shows it in the years when the tower was among the most visited marks on the coast. The Owls Head station was first lit in 1826 and has been a working beacon ever since, guiding vessels past the ledges that run along the shore. The record also points to fishing and the rugged coastline around the light, reminders that the lighthouse sat within a working maritime community. Lithographs of this period were often sold as souvenirs and navigational keepsakes, so the print offers a view of how the coast was pictured for a public eager to see it.
| Created / published | ca. 1870. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color ; 12 x 17 cm. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1880. |
| Notes | Location inscribed in red ink. DLC Title from item. |
| Subjects | Owls Head (Me.). Rockland (Me.). Lighthouses--Maine--Owls Head--1860-1880. Fishing--Maine--Owls Head--1860-1880. Coastlines--Maine--Owls Head--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,235 × 2,972 px · prints to 14 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09017_OwlsHeadLightRocklandMaine |
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