L. H. Bradford & Co.
View of Gloucester, Mass.

PublisherGloucester, Massachusetts
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • View of Gloucester, Mass.
Datec. 1856
Place depictedGloucester, Massachusetts, United States
MediumChromolithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 21 5/8 × 35 3/4 in. (54.9 × 90.8 cm)
Sheet: 29 15/16 × 43 in. (76 × 109.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Jerry E. Finger, Marvy A. Finger, Jonathan S. Finger, Walter G. Finger, Richard B. Finger, and Scott Finger in memory of Ronald J. Finger at "One Great Night in November, 2000"
Object numberB.2000.18
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Audubon Stairhall
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Bayou Bend
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DescriptionBorn in Gloucester, the son of a sailmaker, noted marine artist Fitz Henry Lane had first-hand knowledge of the workings of the busy shipbuilding and fishing port. He was largely self-taught as an artist and trained as a lithographer in Boston in the early 1830s. He returned to Gloucester in 1848, concentrating on painting. This lithograph depicts a wide variety of vessels in the harbor, from small fishing boats to larger oceangoing ships.
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: F.H. LANE, PINXIT
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: L.H. BRADFORD & CO'S LITH
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center bottom edge: VIEW OF GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right bottom edge: Published by Proctor Brothers, 123 Front St.

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