‘Lighthouse at Two Lights’ - New York, NY
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hykesj
N 40° 46.712 W 073° 57.874
18T E 587373 N 4514689
This 1929 painting by Edward Hopper, from the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, was used on a 1970 U.S. postage stamp commemorating Maine’s 150th anniversary.
Waymark Code: WM175D4
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2022
Views: 4
Edward Hopper often summered in Maine where he found ample inspiration for his paintings. This painting shows the east tower of the Cape Elizabeth light station near Portland, Maine. It still stands today and is just a few miles south of the very photogenic Portland Head Lighthouse. The tower looks the same, but the keeper’s house has been expanded and is now a private residence.
Maine became a state in 1820 after it had seceded from Massachusetts the year before. In accordance with the Missouri Compromise, Maine was added as a free state at about the same time that Missouri was added as a slave state. In order to celebrate Maine’s 150th anniversary in 1970, the U.S. Post Office issued this stamp featuring the Hopper painting. Fifty years later, on Maine’s 200th anniversary, another stamp was issued featuring yet another Hopper painting: “Sea at Ogunquit.”
The oil on canvas painting hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Stamp Issuing Country: United States
Date of Issue: 9-Jul-1970
Denomination: 6c
Color: multicolored
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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