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View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass.
Fitz Henry Lane1835–36
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass.
- Creator: Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804-1865), Pendleton's Lithography (American, active 1825-1836)
- Date Created: 1835–36
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 47.8 x 62.2 cm (18 13/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: (William P. Carl Fine Prints, Durham, NC), Stephen Dull, Greensboro, NC, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.165
- Medium: lithograph
- Inscriptions: Printed along lower left margin below image: Drawn from Nature & on stone by F.H. Lane, printed along lower right margin below image: Pendleton’s Lithography, Boston, printed along lower margin, at center: VIEW OF THE TOWN OF GLOUCESTER, MASS
- Fun Fact: Fitz Henry Lane made this print while working at the shop of the Boston lithographer Pendleton, who issued it by subscription to the public.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: America, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Stephen Dull
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 2019.165
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