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inv. 120

Fence with Landscape

c.1863

Graphite on paper

4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (10.5 x 16.2 cm)

Inscribed lower left (in pencil): Lane del.
Inscribed verso (in pencil): S.H.M. [Samuel H. Mansfield]

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Samuel H. Mansfield, 1927 (485.95)

Commentary

The site of the landscape depicted in this drawing has not yet been determined. The sketch is interesting in that it shows two different types of wooden fencing. In the foreground is the type in which the pointed end of one rail was inserted into a notch bored in the next rail. In the background, under the trees, is the easily recognizable cross-brace system.

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Subject Types:
- Landscape »
Landscape Types:
- Field / Meadow »

Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)

the Artist, Gloucester, Mass.

Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., Gloucester, Mass.

Samuel H. Mansfield, Gloucester, Mass.

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., 1927

Marks & Labels

Marks: Inscribed upper left (in red ink): 95 [numbering system used by curator A. M. Brooks upon Samuel H. Mansfield's donation of the drawings to the Cape Ann Museum]

Exhibition History

No known exhibitions.

Published References

Cape Ann 1974

Paintings and Drawings by Fitz Hugh Lane. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Historical Association, 1974, fig. 38.

Wilmerding 2005

Wilmerding, John. Fitz Henry Lane. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Historical Association, 2005, ill. 97, text, pp. 85-86.

Record last updated March 20, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: "Fence with Landscape, c.1863 (inv. 120)." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=120 (accessed on August 7, 2025).