Photo of collection object Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance — Fitz Henry Lane. Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c. 1846–1847. oil on canvas, Framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos, 2004.35. CC0.

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

c. 1846–1847

Fitz Henry Lane

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)

American Painting and Sculpture

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c. 1846–1847. Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865). Oil on canvas; framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos 2004.35 For a long time, art historians mistakenly thought the artist’s middle name was Hugh.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fitz Henry Lane
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: oil on canvas
Medium: oil, canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.)
Departments: American Painting and Sculpture
Accession Number: 2004.35
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos
Exhibitions: Albany, NY, Albany Gallery of Fine Arts Catalogue of Second Exhibition, (1847) cat. no. 136. <br>Albany, NY, Painting and Sculpture Exhibited at Palmer's Studio in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (22 February 1864) cat. no. 2.<br>Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Collects; Part One: European and American Art (26 January-24 March 1985) illus; listed p. 30; cat. not numbered.
Rights Statement: CC0
Museum Location: 206 American Landscape

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