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inv. 128
South View of Owl's Head, from the S. End of the Island
South View of Owl's Head, from the South End of the Island
1855
Graphite on paper (3 sheets)
8 1/2 x 28 in. (21.6 x 71.1 cm)
Inscribed lower center (in pencil): South View of Owl's Head from the S. End of the Island Sept. 1855 by F.H. Lane; Inscribed lower right (in pencil): F.H. Lane - artist / J.S. Hooper / J.L. Stevens Jr. } companions in a boat from Rockland

Commentary

Lane traveled many times from Gloucester to Rockland, Maine, and from there to Castine, Maine, to visit the family of his close friend Joseph L. Stevens, Jr. Lane and Stevens then went on excursions by boat around the Maine coastline. In 1855, Stevens went to Castine ahead of Lane, so Lane enlisted the traveling assistance of Joseph Hooper. Frederick Sharf has thoroughly documented Lane's travels on this and other Maine trips.

This drawing, from that trip and showing Owl's Head, its recently rebuilt lighthouse, and the Camden Mountains, is very similar to the 1862 painting Owl's Head, Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1862 (inv. 47).

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Supplementary Images

Viewpoint chart showing Lane's location when making this drawing (detail)
Viewpoint chart showing Lane's location when making this drawing (overall view)

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): 34 [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. 47.
Citation: "South View of Owl's Head, from the S. End of the Island, 1855 (inv. 128)." Fitz Henry Lane Online. Cape Ann Museum. http://fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalog/entry.php?id=128 (accessed April 24, 2024).
Record last updated October 19, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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