Dana Beach, Manchester

Currently not on view

Dana Beach, Manchester

1860

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865) , and Mary Blood Mellen (American, 1819–1886)

Fitz Henry Lane’s luminous views of beaches and harbors from Massachusetts to Maine have long been considered some of the finest achievements in nineteenth-century American landscape painting. His works’ signature serenity has been identified as an artistic corollary to the roughly contemporary development of Transcendentalist philosophy and Unitarian faith in the Boston area. In recent years, Lane’s relationship with his gifted student and collaborator Mary Blood Mellen has come to light, altering the attributions of numerous works once securely identified as Lane’s.

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Object Details

Titles:

Dana Beach, Manchester

Date:

1860

Artists:

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865) , and Mary Blood Mellen (American, 1819–1886)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

15 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches (38.4 x 59.1 cm) Framed: 23 1/8 × 31 1/4 inches (58.7 × 79.4 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection, 2009

Accession Number:

2009-16-11

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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