The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York [SEP] creator
The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York
The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York (c. 1862) is a painting by Homer Dodge Martin in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and measures 30 1/8 x 50 in. (76.5 x 127.0 cm.).
The mine was in Craig Harbor near Port Henry, New York. After being loaded into barges the ore was taken to the nearby blast furnaces of the Bay State Iron Mine Company, and made into rails for railroads. "
sufficient fineness for the forge." North of this location, at Ore Bed Harbor near Essex, New York, is Split Rock Mountain, described in 1868 as containing "the largest deposit of Magnetic Ore in the State of New York.
After being lost for a number of years, "The Iron Mine, Port Henry" was rediscovered in an unused room at the Knoedler Galleries in New York City by then-manager Roland Knoedler. Unsure of the painting's attribution, he enlisted the advice of artist Edward Gay