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Catalog entry

inv. 130
South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island
1855
Graphite on paper (2 sheets)
10 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (26 x 64.8 cm)
Inscribed lower left (in pencil): South East View of Owl's Head from the Island / F.H.Lane del. / J.L. Stevens Jr. / J.S. Hooper } companions / Sept. 1855; Inscribed lower right (in pencil): South East View / Owl's Head from the Island / 2 parts

Supplementary Images

Viewpoint map showing Lane's location when making this drawing (detail)
Viewpoint map 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): 31 [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. 49.
Wilmerding, John. Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art; in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1988., ill. in b/w p. 147 fig. 23, South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island.
Citation: "South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island, 1855 (inv. 130)." Fitz Henry Lane Online. Cape Ann Museum. http://fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalog/entry.php?id=130 (accessed April 26, 2024).
Record last updated January 11, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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