Connected

This detailed reverse painting on glass of the ship Nathaniel Thompson, donated to the Museum by Elliot Green's father, was carefully restored to its original splendor in 2005. 1999.79. To read the story about the painting's conservation, CLICK HERE.

Elliot Green’s maternal great-grandfather was Captain Nathaniel Lord Thompson, one of the 19th-century’s most prominent shipbuilder and shipmasters who lived right in Kennebunk. He died in 1889 at his Summer Street residence--the same house that Elliot will always consider the family home. Although the great age of sail has vanished, the legacy of men like Captain N. L. Thompson lives on in the collections of The Brick Store Museum, thanks to the generosity of family members like Elliot and his father (who recently passed away at the age of 104), who still have places in their hearts for the Museum. Thanks to the Greens, the Museum has received a magnificent 19th-century reverse painting on glass of the Kennebunk ship Nathaniel Thompson. With help from the Greens, this painting was painstakingly restored in 2005 and put on display for all to enjoy.

"This Museum is terrific!" says Elliot, who as a young boy knew the Museum's founder, Edith Barry, a neighbor across Summer Street. "There's a real connection here to the town, its founders and many of the early Kennebunk people. Those people are gone now, but their stories live on here in this Museum."

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