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accession number:	2004.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.35
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Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c. 1846–1847. Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865). Oil on canvas; framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos 2004.35

title:				Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
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creation date:			c. 1846–1847
creation date earliest:		1846
creation date latest:		1847
current location:		206 American Landscape
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Albany, NY, Albany Gallery of Fine Arts Catalogue of Second Exhibition, (1847) cat. no. 136.  <br>Albany, NY, Painting and Sculpture Exhibited at Palmer's Studio in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (22 February 1864) cat. no. 2.<br>Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Collects; Part One: European and American Art (26 January-24 March 1985) illus; listed p. 30; cat. not numbered.

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. James H. Armsby, Albany, NY, acquired 1847; Joanna Perry Armsby March, sister of Dr. J.H. Armsby, Albany, NY; Joanna Armsby March Boyd, daughter of Joanna March, Albany, NY; Alden March Boyd, son of Joanna Armsby March Boyd, Santa Barbara, CA; Joanna March Boyd Bard, daugher of Alden March, Santa Barbara, CA; Henry Travers Newton, Jr, Joanna Newton Riccardi, and Georgia Newton Pulos, grandchildren of J.M.B. Bard, Santa Barbara, CA
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fun fact:
For a long time, art historians mistakenly thought the artist’s middle name was Hugh.

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wall description:
In this late afternoon view of Boston Harbor, Lane masterfully evoked the diffuse quality of sunlight reflecting off water. The artist was a son of a shipbuilder, so perhaps it is not surprising that his renderings of ships and their intricate riggings are painstakingly accurate. On the far left side of the painting, evolving technology appears in the guise of a steamboat, which ferried passengers between Boston and Gloucester.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Adams, Henry. <em>What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 58 - 59
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IMAGES

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