FITZ HENRY LANE | SCHOONER "LOO CHOO" IN A CALM SEA

Auction Closed

June 26, 03:10 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a New Jersey Estate

FITZ HENRY LANE

1804-1865

SCHOONER "LOO CHOO" IN A CALM SEA

signed FHLane. and dated 1850 (lower right)

oil on canvas

20 ¼ by 30 ¼ inches

(51.4 by 76.8 cm)

Joseph Wescott, North Castine, Maine, 1850

Frances Wescott Dyer, Castine, Maine, 1885 (his daughter)

William Dyer, Boston, Massachusetts and Castine, Maine, 1921 (her son)

Elizabeth D.W.M. Parker, New Canaan, Connecticut and Castine, Maine, 1945 (his stepdaughter)

By descent to the present owner, 1972 (her son)

Loo Choo was a 639 ton schooner built in Medford, Massachusetts in 1840. News of the discovery of gold in California spread quickly and over 100 passengers traveled west aboard Loo Choo in 1849, hoping to strike lucky. She sailed from New York on March 8, 1849 and arrived in San Francisco 139 days later via Cape Horn and Valparaiso, Chile. Loo Choo successfully navigated the treacherous journey around Cape Horn on multiple occasions.