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Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

c. 1846–1847

Fitz Henry Lane

(American, 1804–1865)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos 2004.35
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Location
206 American Landscape
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Did You Know?

For a long time, art historians mistakenly thought the artist’s middle name was Hugh.

Description

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.

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

c. 1846–1847

Fitz Henry Lane

(American, 1804–1865)
America

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