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A captain comes home
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Many of you now know Rick Wolf as our current board president, but his connection to Museum began back in 1999 when he and his wife Janet first moved to Kennebunkport and purchased the Captain Fairfield Inn. They were fascinated with the history of the inn’s 19th-century namesake, Captain James Fairfield and discovered that the Museum had a portrait of him with an incredible story. The captain had his portrait painted in a distant port and requested that it be sent back to his home on a separate ship. That ship was lost at sea, and Fairfield presumed that his portrait was lost forever. He died in 1820 not knowing for certain what had happened to it. Two years later, a tube was miraculously discovered floating far out at sea, and inside the container was the lost portrait of Captain Fairfield. By the piece of paper Fairfield is depicted holding in his hand that references Messrs. Tobias Lord & Company of Kennebunk, Maine, the painting was finally delivered and many years later ended up at the Brick Store Museum. The Wolfs “closed the loop” by having a replica of the portrait commissioned to hang at the Inn—home at last—while the original still hangs on display at the Museum. |
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