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Painting Collection of the Maryland Historical Society
When Maryland was Wilderness
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J. Carroll Mansfield (1896-1957)
When Maryland was Wilderness c. 1942
Oil on canvasboard
17 55/64 x 23 55/64 in.(45.4 x 60.6 cm.)
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1988-53-9
  About the Artist
  Artist: J. Carroll Mansfield (1896-1957)
  About the Artwork
  Medium: Painting
Description: Shows Maryland and Virginia, and painted place names, some with paper glued over them. Vignettes show American Indians fishing and building a canoe. Another vignette shows John Smith sailing. Image also shows "A Map of the Chesapeake Bay Region in the 17th century ".
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Lower center: "J. Carroll Mansfield". 2 inscriptions and many labels on paper glued or taped to painting, some probably as corrections to paited copy on the bd. itself.
 
 
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