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Gloucester from Brookbank

Gloucester from Brookbank

(American, 1804–1865)
1848
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions50.8 x 76.52 cm (20 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
Accession number48.444
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Description
Lane painted this view from Brookbank, Samuel E. Sawyer's estate on the western shore of Gloucester's outer harbor. Sawyer, a merchant, was one of Gloucester's greatest benefactors, who funded, among other things, the city's public library. While the painting surveys his property, it also shows Lane's early sensitivity to the depiction of light.
InscriptionsLower left, on rock: F H Lane/1848
Provenance1848, the artist. Annette Parsons (Mrs. John LeFavour) Stanley (1849-1918), Gloucester. By 1938, Mrs. Louise S. Campbell, Montclair, New Jersey; 1943, with Charles D. Childs, Boston; 1943, sold by Charles D. Childs to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1948, bequest of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)