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

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Artist L. H. Bradford & Co. (Boston)Boston

Artistafter Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)American, 1804–1865

Publisher Proctor Brothers (Gloucester, Massachusetts)Gloucester, 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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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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