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Samuel Wells: A Life of Law, Politics, and Cultural Context Born: August 15, 1801, Durham, New Hampshire Died: July 15, 1868 Occupation: Attorney, Judge, Politician (25th Governor of Maine) Early Life and Legal Career Samuel Wells received his education in local schools before pursuing a career in law. He established himself as a successful attorney, residing successively in Waterville, Hallowell, and Portland, Maine. This demonstrates an engagement with the growing legal landscape of 19th-century America. From 1836 to 1840, Wells served in the Maine House of Represent…
A chart of Samuel Wells's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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