Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
c. 1846–1847
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.2 × 68.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-109297
In this late afternoon view of Boston Harbor, Lane masterfully evoked the diffuse quality of sunlight reflecting off water. The artist was a son of a shipbuilder, so perhaps it is not surprising that his renderings of ships and their intricate riggings are painstakingly accurate. On the far left side of the painting, evolving technology appears in the guise of a steamboat, which ferried passengers between Boston and Gloucester.
Provenance
Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos, 2004.35
Registry history
- c. 1846–1847 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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