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Fitz Henry Lane
Brig Off the Maine Coast1851

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Oil painting of a large three-masted sailing ship with full white sails cutting through turbulent teal-green seas, rocky outcroppings to the right, under a dramatic cloudy sky with rays of pale light
Artist or Maker
Fitz Henry Lane
United States, Massachusetts, Gloucester, 1804-1865
Title
Brig Off the Maine Coast
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1851
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 38 3/8 x 50 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (97.4725 x 127.9525 x 9.2075 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles C. and Elma Ralphs Shoemaker
Accession Number
AC1994.152.7
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Slifkin, Robert. 2013. Fitz Henry Lane and the compromised landscape, 1848-1865. American art 27(3): 64-83.
  • Kim, Woollin, Jinmyung Kim, and Songhyuk Yang, eds. Art Across America. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2013.
  • Miller, Angela, and Chris McAuliffe, eds. America: Painting a Nation. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013.