Painting the inhabited landscape: Fitz H. Lane and the global reach of antebellum America

Abstract

"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.

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.