Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

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Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

Fitz Henry LaneLinkedCulture matchlcp-cf08532ca391

Date
c. 1846–1847
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
America
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
163456

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In this late afternoon view of Boston Harbor, Lane masterfully evoked the diffuse quality of sunlight reflecting off water. The artist was a son of a shipbuilder, so perhaps it is not surprising that his renderings of ships and their intricate riggings are painstakingly accurate. On the far left side of the painting, evolving technology appears in the guise of a steamboat, which ferried passengers between Boston and Gloucester. For a long time, art historians mistakenly thought the artist’s middle name was Hugh.

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Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos
Provenance
Dr. James H. Armsby, Albany, NY, acquired 1847; Joanna Perry Armsby March, sister of Dr. J.H. Armsby, Albany, NY; Joanna Armsby March Boyd, daughter of Joanna March, Albany, NY; Alden March Boyd, son of Joanna Armsby March Boyd, Santa Barbara, CA; Joanna March Boyd Bard, daugher of Alden March, Santa Barbara, CA; Henry Travers Newton, Jr, Joanna Newton Riccardi, and Georgia Newton Pulos, grandchildren of J.M.B. Bard, Santa Barbara, CA

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