Mary Ann

Details

FITZ HENRY LANE (1804-1865)
Mary Ann
signed and dated 'FH Lane 1846' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 x 27 1/4 in. (48.3 x 69.2 cm.)
Painted in 1846.

Provenance

Baron Hottinguer, Zurich, Switzerland.
Christie's, New York, 18 May 2004, lot 20, sold by the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Further details

This painting will be included in the Fitz Henry Lane Online catalogue raisonné under the direction of the Cape Ann Museum www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The Mary Ann was built as a packet ship in Medford, Massachusetts in 1844. She was a full-rigged ship of 496 tons with a length of 133 feet, breadth of 28 feet and a depth of 21. She ran variously from Boston to New Orleans or Boston to Charleston and at least once to Liverpool, England.

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