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"Gannet Rock" painting by Molly Laffoley

This item is a framed painting of Gannet Rock Lighthouse. It is painted with oil paint on Mason Board. The image shows the black and white vertical striped lighthouse and the white with red trim keeper house and outer building. Also visible are the rocks the lighthouse sits on and the walkway to the landing area with the hoist for landing supplies.

Garden of Eden by Wesley A. Griffin

This item is an original oil painting by Wesley A. Griffin. It has a wide homemade frame. The painting is on canvass that is stretched and nailed to a homemade frame. The painting shows a woods scene with a brook and a pool of water reflecting the fall colors. It is signed W. A. Griffin in the lower right corner on the front of the painting.

"Southern Head Cliffs" on Grand Manan Island, NB

This object is an enlarged sepia photo of the southern shoreline of Grand Manan Island, NB. The image shows a man standing on top of the 300+ foot cliff. From the angle of the photo, the photographer would have been half way down the cliff on the next peninsula. There is a beach at the bottom of the cliffs with the edge of the water being foamy from crashing on the rocks. Printed in the bottom left corner of the photo is "Copyrighted 1889, H.G. Peabody, Boston".

The Altar of Pythian Knighthood, print

This item is a framed color print titled :The Altar of Pythian Knighthood". It shows an archway with a man at a podium looking out to a mountain. Above the archway are many flags. There are different images inset around the archway. The frame is a heavy dark wood varnished, plain flat boards - nothing fancy.

Dark Harbour - cliff, boats, and cabins - photo of painting by Steve Kinghorn

This is a framed photograph of a painting of Dark Harbour with a half shipwreck hull on the shore. There is a yellow dory on the shore and cottages along the edge of the woods at the high water line. On the back of the framing Gleneta has written "Artist Nelson Greenlaw. Belongs to : Gleneta Hettrick Grand Manan" When the photo was hung at the Art Gallery the frame was fixed and the picture was removed. On the edge of the photo, under the frame edge is the last letter of the signature of the artist which the photo cut off. The letter is an N. Nelson Greenlaw and Steve Kinghorn were contemporary island artists who studied under Wesley Griffin. Their styles are similar.

"Still Life" by Wesley Griffin

This painting is oil on canvas. It is rectangular and has a varnished finish. The paint is severely cracked all over and some of the paint has chipped off to the canvas. The painting is slack in the frame and needs to be re-stretched. The painting shows an apple and peach on a white plate set in front of a teapot. The colors are dark. It has a pine stretcher with the canvas tacked on. The frame is plain wood with plaster smoothed over it and a mottled brown outer finish. Written on the reverse is : Painting by the Late Wesley Griffin given to Gladys Smith 20 years before 1971"

From the Garden of Eden by Wesley A. Griffin

This item is an original oil painting by Wesley A. Griffin. It has a wide wooden homemade frame. The oil painting is on a paper fiber board and is held in place with square nails. It is a small panoramic woods scene painted in browns with a valley and sunset colors in the background sky. No signature is visible. The donor knew the artist.

Walter B McLaughlin solar photograph

This black and white solar photograph is a portrait of Walter B. McLaughlin(1829-1906) as a middle aged man with short trimmed hair and a handle bar mustache. He is wearing a light colored suit jacket and a stripped tie. The solar print has been enhanced with charcoal or pencil to sharpen the image. The frame is very elaborate and made of many layers of frames. The matting has water damage but the image does not appear to be damaged.

Southern Cross by Sherman Lawson

This item is an original watercolor by Sherman Lawson. It is framed in a manufactured frame painted white with glass. The painting is a view from the shore looking out at the rock formation The Southern Cross. There is a three-masted boat in full sail on the water and the cliffs are in the foreground. The sky is yellows and blues and pink of a sunset. There are some water stains on the painting. No signature is visible.

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