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Poe & Hitchcock On the Coast of Mt. Desert

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0021 Author/Creator: Poe & Hitchcock Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; 26 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "On the Coast of Mt. Desert" dated 1861. Depicts a landscape view of the Mt. Desert Island coast. Two figures sit beside large boulders on the shore.

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