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Author:

Lovell, Margaretta M., author.

Title:

Painting the inhabited landscape : Fitz H. Lane and the global reach of antebellum America / Margaretta Markle Lovell.

Publisher:

The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xiii, 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Lane, Fitz Henry,--1804-1865--Criticism and interpretation.
Landscape painting, American--19th century.
Marine painting, American--19th century.
Harbors in art.
Gloucester Harbor (Mass.)--In art.
New England--In art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a small city with a far reach -- Reputation : Lane, Gloucester's "own artist," 1842-1865 -- Value : Lane, 1865-2020 -- Canvas : names, naming, and identity -- Fish : Lane's Gloucester -- Lumber : Lane's Maine -- Granite : shipwreck with spectators -- Travelers I : Surinam and California -- Travelers II : Ireland, China, Puerto Rico -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"Examines landscape, harborscape, and seascape paintings by Fitz H. Lane (1804-1865) that comment on agriculture, extraction industries, settlement patterns, trade, and the political economy of nineteenth-century coastal New England"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0271092785
9780271092782

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1345518107

LCCN:

2022041336

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)