This painting was found in the basement of the Howe D. Higgins House at 86 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The signature at lower left says "H. Higgins 1953."
Description: This painting was found in the basement of the Howe D. Higgins House at 86 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The signature at lower left says "H. Higgins 1953."
Ralph built his first violin, the “Underwood” violin, in 1955 using a birch stair tread from the demolished Underwood cottage, “Squirrelhurst.” The tradition of Lion’s Head scrolls goes as far back as at least the 17th Century when Austrian Jakob Stainer, “one of the great violin makers of all times” made his Lion’s Head scroll violins.
Description: Ralph built his first violin, the “Underwood” violin, in 1955 using a birch stair tread from the demolished Underwood cottage, “Squirrelhurst.” The tradition of Lion’s Head scrolls goes as far back as at least the 17th Century when Austrian Jakob Stainer, “one of the great violin makers of all times” made his Lion’s Head scroll violins.