Castine From Hospital Island 1855

by Fitz Henry Lane, artist and publisher

$17,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A magnificent view of Castine by Fitz Henry Lane, considered the artist's finest work, and his last great lithograph. Fitz Henry Lane is one of the greatest American lithographers and marine landscape painters. These two interests merged in the present work, a beautiful lithographic print of Castine, Maine. The print shows the town from the east, across the water from Hospital Island, with Fort George visible on top of the hill above the town, as is the distinctive steeple of

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