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inv. 118
Westward View from near East End of Railroad Bridge
Mid 1850s
Graphite on paper
10 x 16 in. (25.4 x 40.6 cm)
Inscribed across bottom (in pencil): Westward View from near East End of Rail Road Bridge / F.H. Lane del. / Picture painted from this sketch owned by John H. Stacy – Also a small one by Eben Page. Also Somes.

Related Work in the Catalog

Supplementary Images

Map showing Lane's viewpoint

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): 61 [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. 34.
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. 51.
Rodgers, Josephine. "Fitz H. Lane's Enduring Legacy along the New England Coastline." Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Yale University Art Gallery) (2022-2023)., p. 12. ⇒ includes text
Citation: "Westward View from near East End of Railroad Bridge, Mid 1850s (inv. 118)." Fitz Henry Lane Online. Cape Ann Museum. http://fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalog/entry.php?id=118 (accessed April 19, 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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