Harvard Art Museums > 1979.241: Blue Hill, Maine Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blue Hill, Maine (Fitz Henry Lane) , 1979.241,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309144. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1979.241 People Fitz Henry Lane, American (Gloucester, MA 1804 - 1865 Gloucester, MA) Title Blue Hill, Maine Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1851 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309144 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions overall: 26.7 × 70.7 cm (10 1/2 × 27 13/16 in.) left sheet: 16.7 × 18.4 cm (6 9/16 × 7 1/4 in.) center sheet: 26.7 × 40.9 cm (10 1/2 × 16 1/8 in.) right sheet: 26.7 × 14.2 cm (10 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, u.l.: F. H. Lane inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Blue Hill Me. Aug 1851 inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Painting made from this sketch / purchased by Peters of Boston inscription: old backing, now in curatorial file, graphite: FLH-663 label: old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: Frances / Hofer [two labels] stamp: old backing, now in curatorial file, red and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [red ink:] Framed By / [black ink:] Holman's Print Shop, Inc. / Boston, Massachusetts No. [handwritten, red ink:] 734166 exhibition label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed, typed, handwritten: S.E. 290; [handwritten in red pencil:] #65 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fitz Henry Lane, bequest; to Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., Gloucester, Massachusetts, to; Samuel H. Mansfield, Gloucester, Massachusetts, gift; to Cape Ann Historical Association, sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, May 1965, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer Accession Year 1979 Object Number 1979.241 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Made up of three sheets of paper joined horizontally. Edges overlap slightly. Pinholes at corners of joined sheet. Publication History John Wilmerding, Fitz Hugh Lane, 1804-1865, American Marine Painter, Essex Institute (Salem, MA, 1964), no. 196 John Wilmerding, Fitz Hugh Lane, Praeger (New York, NY, 1971), p. 69 Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 49, pp. 57-58, repr. p. 128 John Wilmerding, Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art / Harry N. Abrams (Washington, D.C and New York, NY, 1988), no. 49, repr. Exhibition History Fitz Hugh Lane: The First Major Exhibition, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, 03/20/1966 - 04/17/1966; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 04/30/1966 - 06/06/1966 Fitz Hugh Lane 1804-65, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, 07/12/1974 - 09/15/1974 Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, 04/15/1984 - 07/07/1984; Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1984 - 11/29/1984 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu