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Cores [Cowes?] Mrs.

According to his diary, Samuel Sawyer bought a painting for her for $50 at the National Sailor's Fair at the Boston Athenaeum in 1864. He then purchased the frame for $18. According to exhibition records, two Lane paintings were exhibited at that fair: G. B. Upton exhibited "Boston Harbor" (no. 247) and Thomas Wigglesworth, Jr. exhibited "Morning" (no. 377). It is unclear whether one of those was the one Sawyer describes purchasing.

manuscript
1864 Diary Entry 11.4.1864
Samuel Sawyer
11.4.1864
Samuel Sawyer Papers
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives
Archive Collection A#63

"Got painting. Lane's $50. For Mrs. Cowes. National Sailors Fair."

Also filed under: Boston – 1864 Sailors' Fair »   //  Diaries / Ledgers / Etc. »   //  Sawyer, Samuel »

manuscript
1864 Expense Account 11.5.1864
Samuel Sawyer
11.5.1864
Samuel Sawyer Papers
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives
Archive Collection A#63

"Lane Picture Mrs. Cowes $50

Frame for same $18"

Also filed under: Boston – 1864 Sailors' Fair »   //  Diaries / Ledgers / Etc. »   //  Sawyer, Samuel »

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Citation: "Historical Materials." In Fitz Henry Lane Online. Gloucester, MA: Cape Ann Museum. www.fitzhenrylaneonline.org/historical_material/?section=Cores+%5BCowes%3F%5D+Mrs. (accessed on November 9, 2025).