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Catalogue Entry
inv. 552
Lumber Schooner in a Gale
Alternate title: Lumber Schooner in a Storm
1863
Oil on canvas
23 x 38 in. (58.4 x 96.5 cm)
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Provenance (Information known to date; research ongoing.)
Exhibition History
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Fitz Hugh Lane: The First Major Exhibition, March 20–April 17, 1966. (Wilmerding 1966a), no. 55. Traveled to: Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, Maine, April 30–June 6, 1966.
Published References
The American Neptune, Pictorial Supplement VII: A Selection of Marine Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane, 1804–1865. Salem, MA: The American Neptune, 1965, plate XXIX, no. 115, as Lumber Schooner in a Gale.
Wilmerding, John. Fitz Hugh Lane: The First Major Exhibition. Lincoln, MA: De Cordova Museum; in association with Colby College Art Museum, 1966. Exhibition catalogue (1966 DeCordova Museum), no. 55, ill.
Wilmerding, John. Fitz Henry Lane. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Historical Association, 2005, ill. 91, text, p. 82.
Record last updated March 17, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: "Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=552 (accessed on August 1, 2025).
