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inv. 170
Camden Mountains from the South West
1855
Graphite on paper (2 sheets)
10 3/4 x 25 in. (27.3 x 63.5 cm)
Inscribed upper left (in pencil): Camden Mountains / from the South West / F.H.Lane del.; Inscribed upper center (in pencil): Sept. 1855 Lane-Hooper- Stevens; Inscribed upper right (in pencil): Sketch taken on the second day of our cruise / while going Rockland to Camden; Inscribed center (in pencil): Village of Rockport

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Supplementary Images

Viewpoint chart showing Lane's location when making this image (detail)
Photo: © Erik Ronnberg/U.S. Coast Survey
Viewpoint chart showing Lane's location when making this image (overall view)
Photo: © Erik Ronnberg/U.S. Coast Survey

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): 30 [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., Figure 104.
H. Travers Newton, Jr. "Fitz Henry Lane's Series Paintings of 'Brace's Rock': Meaning and Technique." Terra Foundation for American Art. Unpublished report., Camden Mountains from the South West. ⇒ includes text
Slifkin, Robert. "Fitz Henry Lane and the Compromised Landscape, 1848–1865." American Art 27, no. 3 (Fall 2013). View on Stable URL: www.jstor.org », p. 69. ⇒ includes text

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Citation: "Camden Mountains from the South West, 1855 (inv. 170)." Fitz Henry Lane Online. Cape Ann Museum. http://fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalog/entry.php?id=170 (accessed March 28, 2024).
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