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Franklin Stanwood (March 16, 1852 – June 20, 1888) was an American artist from Maine. [1]

Stanwood was born at the Portland Alms House in 1852 and immediately adopt by Capt. Gideon Stanwood of Gorham. He was educated in the Portland Public Schools. He eventually became a sailor and later a painter. He was known for painting nautical themes as well as house portraits.

Stanwood died of tuberculosis at the age of 36 and is interred at Western Cemetery in Portland. [2]

Other reading

  • Chance, James. "Charles Dickens and Franklin Stanwood." The Dickensian, vol. 110, no. 494, 2014, pp. 201.

References

  1. ^ "Franklin Stanwood (1852-1888) | White Mountain Art & Artists".
  2. ^ "This Portland artist started out as a sailor but finished a painter". 10 October 2016.