The United States Frigate "President" Engaging the British Squadron, 1815

1850

Fitz Henry Lane

Painter, American, 1804 - 1865

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York), in 1960; purchased 1961 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Loan for display at The White House, Washington, 1961-1963..

1963

  • Progress of an American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963, unpublished checklist.

1964

  • Loan for display at The White House, Washington, 1964-1965.

  • Fitz Hugh Lane, 1804-1865, American Marine Painting, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1964, no. 50.

1966

  • Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, unpublished checklist.

1970

  • American Marine Painting and Ship Portraits of the 19th Century, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1970, no. 29.

1976

  • Corcoran [The American Genuis], Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976, no checklist.

1980

  • American Luminism, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, 1980, no. 16.

1983

  • The Rockets' Red Glare: An 1812 History, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich [Maine], 1983, no catalogue.

1988

  • The American Seascape from John Smibert to John Marin, Mansfield Art Center, Ohio, 1988, no. 7.

1989

  • Realism and Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century New England Seascapes, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, 1989, unnumbered checklist.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no.20.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Wagner, Ann Prentice. "Fitz Henry Lane, The United States Frigate 'President' Engaging the British Squadron." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 98-99, 261, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46628083


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