Parson Fisher labored for several years carving the woodblocks for his 1833 book, Scripture Animals, the culmination of a life long fascination with the depiction of flora and fauna.
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About The Fisher House
- The Jonathan Fisher House
- Blue Hill, Maine, United States
- The Jonathan Fisher House in Blue Hill, Maine was built and designed in 1814 by the Reverend Jonathan Fisher. A Harvard graduate, he was a true product of the age of reason, versatile in art, mathematics, cabinetmaking, surveying, writing, farming, and more. In the homestead, now operated as a museum, one can see the life works of this most intriguing figure from the early years of the United States
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Jonathan Fisher Books
- Jonathan Fisher, Maine Parson, by Mary Ellen Chase
- Scripture Animals, by Jonathan Fisher
- Versatile Yankee: The Art of Jonathan Fisher by Alice Winchester
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