FITZ HENRY LANE (Massachusetts, 1804-1865), "The Blood

FITZ HENRY LANE
Massachusetts, 1804-1865
"The Blood Family Homestead". Signed, dated and inscribed verso "The Residence of Reuben Blood Esq., Town of Stirling [sic], Mass Painted from a sketch taken August 1859 By Fitz H. Lane".
Oil on canvas, 18" x 30". Framed 22" x 35".
Provenance:
Purchased from Kenneth Russell Lowe, Keene, New Hampshire, 1992.

Literature:
For a smaller version painted by Lane and another version painted by Mary B. Mellen, see John Wilmerding's Fitz Henry Lane & Mary Blood Mellen: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries, p. 70-71, cat. 19-20.
This painting is included in the Fitz Henry Lane catalogue raisonne being compiled at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Condition Report: Overall very good. Original canvas has not been relined, but has a patch repair in upper corner, and other small areas of restorative in-painting.