THE MARYLAND STATE HOUSE OVERLOOKING OVER THE HARBOR, 1860

22" X 40" Original Oil Painting

Annapolis seems to have had the good fortune to have survived the American trait of tearing down the old and building new. Very little has changed since sailing vessels transported its people and goods up and down along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. The Statehouse stands on a hill as a sentinel, surrounded by buildings of lesser scale, much as St. Paul’s Cathedral in London did until high rise buildings were allowed to compete after World War Two and spoil its grand preeminence. - John Stobart