Monhegan Island: Topographic Views (Monhegan Island, ME) : Boardwalk trail on Manana Island

Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott, 1960-

Published/Created:

Monhegan Island, Maine, United States
Village area is on southwest side; 12 miles off mainland coast
2008

Date Depicted:

8/20/2008

Notes:

The island is accessible by mailboat ferry (no automobiles) from Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor and Port Clyde. In the U.S. state of Maine, a plantation is a type of minor civil division falling between township (or unorganized territory) and town. The term, as used in this sense in modern times, appears to be exclusive to Maine. Technically the settlement (Monhegan) on Monhegan Island is a plantation, not a town. In 1824, a conical stone lighthouse was built on the island by order of Congress and President James Monroe (replaced by the present lighthouse in 1850, now the Monhegan Museum). The beginnings of the art colony on Monhegan date to the mid-19th century; by 1890, it was firmly established, and continues today. Among many early members who found inspiration on the island were summer visitors from the New York School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, such as Robert Henri, George Bellows, Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. Later members of the artist colony include Reuben Tam, Frances Kornbluth, Elena Jahn and Jamie Wyeth.

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Contemporary
Twenty-first century

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A2-US-MI-A70

Coordinates:

+43.766389-69.318056

Genre:

urban and topographical views (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

visual works; photographs; visual works; topographical views architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); landscape; seascape; Artists' studios; Boats and boating; summer cottages; summer visitors

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/20/2008 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10473213

PID:

digcoll:1815486