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Catalog entry

inv. 112
Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester
c. 1864
Graphite on paper (2 sheets)
10 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (26.7 x 80.6 cm)
Inscribed lower center (in pencil): Fresh Water Cove Gloucester / F.H. Lane del.
On view at the Cape Ann Museum

Commentary

This drawing of Samuel Sawyer's estate, Brookbank, was the sketch for the painting sold to Sawyer in 1860 (Brookbank, The Sawyer Homestead, 1860 (inv. 216)), indicating that perhaps 1860 is the correct date for the drawing. Brookbank was renovated several times over the years, and the house and barn in the drawing show the way they appeared before the renovations. Lane has paid particular attention to the rock wall and details of the trees and vegetation.

In the background can be seen the flagpole above Fresh Water Cove, Fort Point, and the Fort and, off to the right of the composition, Ten Pound Island and the lighthouse.

Related Work in the Catalog

Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)

the Artist, Gloucester, Mass.
Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., Gloucester, Mass.
Samuel H. Mansfield, Gloucester, Mass.
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., 1927

Marks & Labels

Marks: Inscribed upper left (in red ink): 93 [numbering system used by curator A. M. Brooks upon Samuel H. Mansfield's donation of the drawings to the Cape Ann Museum]

Exhibition History

No known exhibitions.

Published References

Paintings and Drawings by Fitz Hugh Lane. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Historical Association, 1974., fig. 25.
Wilmerding, John. Fitz Henry Lane. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Historical Association, 2005. Reprint of Fitz Hugh Lane, by John Wilmerding. New York: Praeger, 1971. Includes new information regarding the artist's name., ill. 56, text, p. 61.
Citation: "Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester, c. 1864 (inv. 112)." Fitz Henry Lane Online. Cape Ann Museum. http://fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalog/entry.php?id=112 (accessed March 29, 2024).
Record last updated March 8, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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