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Cores [Cowes?] Mrs.
According to his diary, Samuel Sawyer bought a painting for her for $50 at the National Sailor's Fair at the Boston Athenaeum in 1864. He then purchased the frame for $18. According to exhibition records, two Lane paintings were exhibited at that fair: G. B. Upton exhibited "Boston Harbor" (no. 247) and Thomas Wigglesworth, Jr. exhibited "Morning" (no. 377). It is unclear whether one of those was the one Sawyer describes purchasing.
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Samuel Sawyer Papers
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives
Archive Collection A#63
"Got painting. Lane's $50. For Mrs. Cowes. National Sailors Fair."
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Samuel Sawyer Papers
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives
Archive Collection A#63
"Lane Picture Mrs. Cowes $50
Frame for same $18"
Also filed under: Boston – 1864 Sailors' Fair » // Diaries / Ledgers / Etc. » // Sawyer, Samuel »