Fitz Henry Lane and Mary Blood Mellen: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries |
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 A Smart Blow (Rough Sea, Schooners), 1856
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso:
A Smart Blow by F. H. Lane, 1856
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11 3/4 x 19 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Caroline W. Trask
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A Smart Blow: Ships Passing, 1856
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Oil on canvas
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24 1/2 x 36 3/8
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Private Collection
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Blood Family Homestead, 1859
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Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right:
Fitz H. Lane 1859
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12 x 19 1/2 inches
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Private Collection
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Brace's Rock, ca. 1863-64
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Oil on canvas
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10 x 15 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Harold and Betty Bell
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Brace's Rock, Brace's Cove, 1864
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Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right:
F. H. Lane 1864
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10 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
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Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
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Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, 1863
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Pencil on paper
Signed lower right:
Brace's Rock Eastern Point / F. H. Lane del. / Aug. 1863
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10 1/2 x 15 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Samuel H. Mansfield
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Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, ca. 1863-64
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Oil on canvas
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14 1/2 x 20 inches
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., John Wilmerding Collection, Promised Gift
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Clipper Ship "Sweepstakes", 1853
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Oil on canvas
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower right:
Fitz Henry Lane / Gloucester, Mass / 1853
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26 x 48 1/2 inches
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Museum of the City of New York, Bequest of Theodore E. Blake
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Coming Ashore near Brace's Rock, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1860s
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso in artist's hand:
Painted by Fitz H. Lane
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10 x 15 3/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Dolliver's Neck and the Western Shore from Field Beach, ca. 1857
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Oil on masonite
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18 1/2 x 32 3/4 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Helen Stevens Babson
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Fishing Party, 1850
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Oil on canvas
Signed lower right:
F. H. Lane
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19 5/8 x 30 1/4 inches
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Henry Lee Shattuck, 1969
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Island With Beacon, ca. 1851
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Oil on canvas
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9 1/2 x 12 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Jane Parker Stacy
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Moonlight, Owl's Head, Northeast View, 1851
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Oil on canvas
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12 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Norman's Woe, Gloucester Harbor, 1862
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Oil on canvas
Signed lower right on branch:
FHL / 1862
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27 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Bequest of Margaret Farrell Lynch
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Owl's Head Light, Rockland, Maine, ca. 1856
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Oil on canvas
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20 1/8 x 33 1/8 inches
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Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, Bequest of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Noyce, 1997
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Owl's Head, Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1862
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso (before relining):
Owl's Head -- Penobscot Bay, by F.H. Lane, 1862
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15 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Bequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865, 1948
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Salt Island, 1859
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Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right:
F.H. Lane, 1859
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28 x 47 1/4 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Samuel H. Mansfield
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Stage Rocks and Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor, ca. 1857
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Oil on canvas
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16 x 24 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Mrs. Catalina Davis
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Steam Bark at Sunset, 1855
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso:
F. H. Lane to Mrs. Caroline S. Stevens / Gloucester 1855
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10 1/2 x 16 inches
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Private Collection
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Ten Pound Island at Sunset, 1851
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Oil on panel
Inscribed on verso:
Composition, F. H. Lane / to J. L. Stevens [in Lanes's hand] / D. Jerome Elwell touch upon, March 13, '91 [in Elwell's hand]
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9 x 13 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Mrs. George B. Stevens
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The Western Shore with Norman's Woe, ca. 1862
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Oil on canvas
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22 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Isabel B. Lane
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Mellen, Fitz Henry Lane and Mary Blood
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Coast of Maine (tondo), 1850s
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso:
Painted by Fitz H. Lane and Mary B. Mellen
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Diameter: 14 1/2 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of John Wilmerding
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A Smart Blow, 1850s
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Oil on canvas
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17 x 22 inches
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Private Collection
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A Storm Breaking Away, Vessel Slipping her Cable (also known as Ship at Anchor on a Lee Shore), 1868
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso:
Ship at Anchor by Mary Mellen after F.H. Lane May 1868
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24 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Blood Family Homestead, ca. 1859
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Oil on canvas
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12 x 19 1/2 inches
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Private Collection
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Boats in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s
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Oil on canvas
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10 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Dana Beach, Manchester, ca. 1860
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Oil on canvas
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15 x 23 1/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor, ca. 1850
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Oil on canvas
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14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches
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Farmsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, Gift of Wayne P. and Virginia B. Libhart, 2005
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Field Beach, Stage Fort Park, 1850s
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Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
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24 1/4 x 33 15/16 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Mrs. Preston Dise
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Gloucester Harbor and Dolliver's Neck, 1870
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso:
Painted by M. B. Mellen / After F. H. Lane, 1870
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22 3/4 x 38 inches
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Private Collection
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Moonlight Fishing Scene, Half Way Rock, 1870s
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Oil on canvas
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18 x 26 3/16 inches
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Brandywine River Museum, Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvannia, Gift of Amanda K. Berls
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Moonlight Landscape, 1870s
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Oil on canvas
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11 x 18 3/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Moonlight, Gloucester Harbor, 1870s
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Oil on canvas
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13 x 20 inches
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Shelburne Museum, Vermont
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Moonrise, Gloucester Harbor, 1870s
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Oil on canvas
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12 x 18 inches
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Private Collection
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Norman's Woe, ca. 1860
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Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso:
Copy after F. H. Lane by Mary B. Mellen
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12 x 20 inches
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Private Collection
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Norman's Woe, ca. 1860, ca. 1860
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Oil on canvas
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12 x 20 inches
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Private Collection
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Owl's Head, 1860s
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Oil on canvas
Signed on verso:
Mary B. Mellen
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15 7/8 x 25 7/8 inches
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Private Collection
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Owl's Head, early 1860s, early 1860s
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Oil on canvas
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14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
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Private Collection
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Ship in Calm Sea, 1860s
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Oil on canvas
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15 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches
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Private Collection
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Shipwreck on a Beach, 1870s
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Oil on canvas
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12 x 20 inches
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Private Collection
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Ten Pound Island at Sunset, 1870s
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Oil on canvas
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8 x 14 inches
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Private Collection
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Three Master at Sunset, 1850s
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Oil on canvas
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16 x 20 inches
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Private Collection
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Two Master at Sea, 1850s
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Oil on canvas
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22 x 27 1/4 inches
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Private Collection
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Two Ships in Rough Water (Seascape with Ships), 1860s
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Oil on canvas over masonite
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14 1/2 x 24 1/8 inches
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Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth
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