View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass.
1835–36
Fitz Henry Lane
Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)
Prints
View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass., 1835–36. Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865). Lithograph; sheet: 47.8 x 62.2 cm (18 13/16 x 24 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Stephen Dull 2019.165 This print depicts the harbor of Gloucester, where Fitz Henry Lane was born. A center for fishing, the town is depicted here as centered on a body of water punctuated by various ships. Lane was known as an early proponent of Luminism, an artistic style that focused on precise depiction of light and atmospheric effects, such as the dramatic sunlight seen through the clouds and on the water’s surface here. Fitz Henry Lane made this print while working at the shop of the Boston lithographer Pendleton, who issued it by subscription to the public.
- Maker/Artist
- Fitz Henry Lane
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- lithograph
- Medium
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 47.8 x 62.2 cm (18 13/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Printed along lower left margin below image: Drawn from Nature & on stone by F.H. Lane Inscription: printed along lower right margin below image: Pendleton’s Lithography, Boston Inscription: printed along lower margin, at center: VIEW OF THE TOWN OF GLOUCESTER, MASS
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 2019.165
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen Dull
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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