Cleveland Museum of Art
Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
Fitz Henry Lane
- Date
- c. 1846–1847
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- America
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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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