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Mystery painter’s works of 19th century Oyster Bay

By Joseph Ostapiuk

Nestled in the collection room in Raynham Hall Museum, a picturesque painting featuring a tree-lined coast, sailboats and a serene sky feels like it has returned home — more than 160 years after its creation.

The Huntington Historical Society recently transferred the unnamed painting to the Oyster Bay museum, reuniting the work with the only other two known paintings by the elusive artist referred to only as “Martin,” museum officials said.

The mid-1850s painting depicts the Ludlam family homestead on the Village of Mill Neck’s West Shore Road, which runs along the Oyster Bay Harbor waterfront, according to Harriet Clark, the museum’s executive director.