New York Harbor

1852

Fitz Henry Lane

Painter, American, 1804 - 1865

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lewis Gouverneur Morris [1882-1967], New York;[1] by inheritance to his daughter, Frances Elizabeth Morris Smith [1915-1994], Newport and Palm Beach; her estate; bequest 1994 to NGA.
[1] Information from telephone conversation with Alletta M. Cooper, daughter of Frances Elizabeth Smith, 5 May 1996 (memorandum, in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, no. 37, color repro.

1998

  • Treasures of Light: Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, March-April 1998, no cat.

  • American Light: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, May-August 1998, no cat.

2001

  • The Morris Legacy: Profile of a Newport Collection, Newport Art Museum, 2001, not in cat.

2011

  • Perfectly American: The Art-Union and its Artists, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, 2011, not in catalogue.

Bibliography

1964

  • Wilmerding, John. Fitz Hugh Lane, 1804-1865, American Marine Painter. Salem, Massachusetts, 1964: 59, no. 63.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 408-410, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: FHLane. / 1852

Wikidata ID

Q20188026

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