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Photo: © Huntington Library, San Marino, CA (inv. 718)

inv. 462

A view of Newton Corner as seen from Fiske's Hill

Lithograph

10 1/4 x 15 1/16 in. (26 x 38.3 cm)

Lane & Scott's Lith., 16 Tremont Temple, Boston
From a sketch by A Conant

American Antiquarian Society (inv. 377)American Antiquarian Society (inv. 377)
The Huntington Library (inv. 718)The Huntington Library (inv. 718)

Commentary

Albert Conant drew the original sketch for this view of Newton, Massachusetts, as seen from Fiske’s Hill. Although printed by the Lane & Scott workshop, it is unlikely that Lane drew the image on the stone. Lane's involvement in the production of the print is unclear but it has been listed with his lithographs since John Wilmerding's 1964 book.

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Historical Materials

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Fitz Henry Lane Biography • Lithography: Lane & Scott's, Lith. – Boston

Lane & Scott's Lithography was a Boston-based firm formed by Fitz Henry Lane and John W. A. Scott. The partnership spanned 1844–48, after both artists had apprenticed for prominent Boston lithographer, William Pendleton. The firm was located at 16 Tremont Temple, Boston and created sheet music covers, book illustrations, advertisements, prints, and town views. Lane left the firm around 1847 or 1848 and Scott printed some works under his own name.

This information has been summarized from Boston Lithography 1825–1880 by Sally Pierce and Catharina Slautterback.

map

1837 plan of the City of Boston

Charles Stimpson

1837 9 x 14 in. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archive

Showing Lane's neighborhood while working in Boston. Lane had studios at the intersection of Washington and State Streets, Summer, Tremont and School Streets.

Also filed under: Boston City Views » // Maps » // Professional » // Residences » // Tremont Temple »

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map

A Map of Plymouth Village

Lane & Scott Lith.

Frontispiece of " Pilgrim memorials, and guide for visitors to Plymouth Village: : with a lithographic map, and seven copperplate engravings." / By Wm. S. Russell, recording secretary of the Pilgrim Society. ; [Eight lines from Oliver Wendell Holmes]
Boston: : Printed for the author, by C.C.P. Moody, Old Dickinson Office–52 Washington Street., 1851
Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester.
Call Number LML Plym Russ P851

American Antiquarian Society copy of book inscribed: Belonging to J.G. Orton. Bought in Pilgrim Hall Plymouth, Mass. Oct. 10th 1851

Map of Plymouth Village in 1846 signed: Lane & Scott's Lith., Boston

Image: American Antiquarian Society

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publication

The Voyage of the "Jamestown" on her Errand of Mercy

Robert Bennet Forbes

1847
Boston
Eastburn's Press

Link to Google Books.

Also filed under: "Jamestown" (U.S. Sloop of War) » // Forbes, Robert Bennet » // Professional »

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Lithography • Contemporary Artists: Conant, Albert - Boston

Albert Conant was an artist, printer, publisher, and art teacher. From 1835 to 1850 he drew New England town views that were printed by J.H. Bufford, E.W.Bouvé, and John W.A. Scott was well as by Lane & Scott. He was possibly the same A. Conant whose views of Kansas towns were lithographed by Middleton, Strowbridge & Co. of Cincinnati from 1857 to 1859. He was born in Pomfret, Vermont, on 6 July 1821 and died in Boston on 22 February 1883.

This information has been summarized from Boston Lithography 1825–1880 by Sally Pierce and Catharina Slautterback.

Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)

See IMPRESSIONS tab for individual provenance.

Exhibition History

2017–18 Cape Ann Museum

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Drawn From Nature & on Stone: The Lithographs of Fitz Henry Lane, October 7, 2017–March 4, 2018. (Exhibition catalogue: Cape Ann Museum 2017).

Published References

Reps 1984

Reps, John W. Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of their Work,1825-1925. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, no. 1561, p.340.

Cape Ann Museum 2017

Barnhill, Trafton. Drawn from Nature & on Stone: the Lithographs of Fitz Henry Lane. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue (2017–18 Cape Ann Museum), fig. 17, text, p. 30.

Impression Information

American Antiquarian Society (inv. 377)

A view of Newton Corner as seen from Fiske's Hill, n.d. (inv. 377)

Photo: Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society (inv. 377)

Printed under image from left to right: Lane & Scott's Lith., 16 Tremont Temple, Boston From a sketch by A Conant / A VIEW of NEWTON CORNER. / AS SEEN FROM FISKE HILL.

American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. (150234)

Related Historical Materials

Lithography

Lane & Scott's, Lith. – Boston

Contemporary Artists

Conant, Albert - Boston

Record last updated May 7, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: "A view of Newton Corner as seen from Fiske's Hill, n.d. (inv. 462)." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=462 (accessed on August 24, 2025).