Fresh Water Cove from Dolliver's Neck, Gloucester
Fitz Henry Lane
(American, 1804–1865)
early 1850s
Place DepictedGloucester, Massachusetts, America
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions61.28 x 91.76 cm (24 1/8 x 36 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
Accession number48.445
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Lane's early paintings are filled with anecdotal detail and derive from his successful topographical lithographs. In this work, he carefully described rocks, trees, scrub, and coastline and accurately depicted their placement in the landscape. Many of the sites Lane painted in Gloucester allude to Cape Ann's history: Fresh Water Cove was named for the spring found there by Samuel de Champlain in 1606.
ProvenanceThe artist; Leo Landry, Lynn, Mass.; with Harvey F. Additon, Boston, 1946; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1946; to MFA, 1948, bequest of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.
