Mary Baker Eddy's student, Bradford Sherman, painted the Isle of Wight and gave it to Eddy as a gift. It inspired Eddy to write a poem titled "Isle of Wight," which was published in the August 1884 issue of The Christian Science Journal. It was later printed, slightly revised, on pages 392-393 of Eddy's book, Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896. This painting is now in the collections of the Longyear Museum.