1884Artist Helen Knowlton left Magnolia for New Hampshire.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Women's History, Art

Helen Mary Knowlton, William Morris Hunt, 1896, Oil on canvas, Worcester Art Museum, https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/3433/william-morris-hunt?ctx=d21d13015a47746ee2d38e29a26cb8dc9b3572fd&idx=5.

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Knowlton’s move marked the end of the Magnolia art colony, with its significant female composition.

Sharf, Frederic Alan. William Morris Hunt and the Summer Art Colony at Magnolia, Massachusetts, 1876-1879. Essex Institute, 1981.

Other Events

1884
Samuel E. Sawyer presented the library with the deed to the Saunders House.
1884
Gloucester residents and artists George Harvey and Martha Hale married and formed a lifelong artistic partnership.
1884
Mason Walton, known as the Hermit of Gloucester, came to Cape Ann.
1885
The first horse-drawn streetcars started operation.

1884Artist Helen Knowlton left Magnolia for New Hampshire.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Women's History, Art

Other Events

Samuel E. Sawyer presented the library with the deed to the Saunders House.

Gloucester residents and artists George Harvey and Martha Hale married and formed a lifelong artistic partnership.

Mason Walton, known as the Hermit of Gloucester, came to Cape Ann.

The first horse-drawn streetcars started operation.