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Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHarbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c. 1846–1847. Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865). Oil on canvas; framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund and partial gift of Travers Newton, Joanna Newton Riccardi and Georgia Newton Pulos, 2004.35
