1848 Lithograph | Giclee Print | "View of Newburyport" by FH Lane

Framed giclee print of Fitz Henry Lane's "View of Newburyport" (from Salisbury) that was originally published by A.Conant in 1848. This beautiful lithograph across the Merrimack River is richly detailed (as was common to Lane's work) and illustrates the grandeur and bustle of the area's maritime and shipbuilding trades.  Striking period-style frame - appx 20 1/2" L x 14 1/2" H About Fitz Henry Lane Born in 1804 & raised along the working harbor of Gloucester where his father was a sail maker, Lane was an American painter and printmaker that became known as a master of early American maritime compositions and “luminism” for his use of pervasive light. Self-taught as an artist – Lane departed to Boston to develop his style & creative skills through employment at Pendleton's Lithography shop from 1832 to 1847. Lane was able to use the experience (& his life on the waterfront) to produce marine paintings of an exceptionally high quality & with keen detail. By 1840, he offic