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Photo: Boston Imaging Digital Solutions; © Cape Ann Museum
inv. 220
Untitled
Graphite on paper
10 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (26 x 29.8 cm)
Signed right (in pencil): F.H. Lane; Inscribed lower left (in pencil): S.H.M. [Samuel H. Mansfield]
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Ballast cart
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Wood. Iron hardware and wheel rims.
12' 5"l. x 7' I" w. x 4' 9" h.
19th and early 20th c.
Cape Ann Museum. Gift of Thomas A. Robinson, 1983 (2344)
12' 5"l. x 7' I" w. x 4' 9" h.
19th and early 20th c.
Cape Ann Museum. Gift of Thomas A. Robinson, 1983 (2344)
While heavily constructed to transport ballast stone from local beaches, this style of cart was used for many purposes. It is otherwise identical in design to horse-drawn carts depicted in Lane’s paintings.
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Record last updated March 4, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: "Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=220 (accessed on August 5, 2025).
