Castine Harbor and Town

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)

August 1851

Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite, panorama on two joined sheets of moderately thick, cream wove paper

DimensionsSight: 26 x 79.3 cm (10 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.)
Framed: 47.6 x 99.7 cm (18 3/4 x 39 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession number54.1727

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InscriptionsInscribed upper left in brown ink: Castine harbor and town from American battery of 1779 at Hainey's Point, a short way northerly of Henry's Point of later time. / Fitz Henry [sic] Land of Gloucester, Mass., made this sketch for Noah Brooks in August 1851, and on its acceptance an oil painting. / In his will of date Nov. 30, 1900 Mr. Brooks bequethed the painting to the town of Castine "for the public library."

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1954, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)