This landscape by Fitz Henry Lane depicts the Annisquam River near Gloucester, Massachusetts, where the artist lived for much of his life. Cows graze serenely in the foreground, while at left a man, likely Lane himself, carefully sketches the view. The train in the background records the Eastern Railroad’s new Gloucester line, completed the previous year. The railroad made the region rapidly accessible from Boston, facilitating a boom in tourism and trade.
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