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Fitz Henry Lane
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Catalog entry
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Wreck of the Roma
Ship "Roma" in Distress; Ship Wreck off the New England Coast
1846 Oil on canvas 17 7/8 x 27 in. (45.4 x 68.6 cm) Signed lower right: F H Lane
Dated verso (prior to relining): 1846; inscribed verso (in chalk): 6 prints; inscribed verso on stretcher (in chalk): COL; inscribed verso on stretcher (in pencil): # 25399/ 18 x 27; inscribed verso on frame: 20969-1 |
Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)
Colonel W. O'Hearn, Boston
Ms. Mary O'Hearn, sister of Colonel W. O'Hearn, Boston
Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, March 19, 1969, lot 42
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York, 1969
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York, 1971
Irma Rudin and Anthony Olivo, Providence, R.I.
Vose Galleries, Boston, March 29, 1978
New Britain Museum of American Art, Conn., 1978
Exhibition History
Schweitzer Gallery, New York, New York, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, November, 1970., no. 9, Ship "Roma" in Distress.
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, June–October 2005.
The Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December, 2005–March, 2006.
Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Strokes of Genius: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of Art, October 14, 2005–January 8, 2006.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, The Sea around Us, June 5–September 12, 2010.
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah, The Yankee Spirit: Highlights from the New Britain Museum, July 1–October 29, 2011.
Westervelt-Warner Museum of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March, 2011.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, Artists in America: Highlights from the Collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art, November 17, 2012–February 24, 2013.
Published References
Wilmerding, John. Fitz Hugh Lane. New York: Praeger, 1971.
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Collection. New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1981.
Highlights of the Collection. Vol. 1. New Britain, Connecticut: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1999., ill., p. 99.
H. Travers Newton, Jr. "Fitz Henry Lane's Series Paintings of 'Brace's Rock': Meaning and Technique." Terra Foundation for American Art. Unpublished report., Wreck of the Roma. ⇒ includes 
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Schwartz, Constance. The Sea around Us. Roslyn, NY: Nassau County Museum, 2010.
Commentary
Commentary essay to come.