If the mood was not for pictures, there were sundry other objets d’art — marbles by Donatello, Cyprian glass, Italian faience, Japanese lacquers, Hispano-Moresque plaques, and a collection of ...

Nineteenth-century maritime painter and son of Gloucester Fitz Henry Lane became a star in the constellation of American art history, so you might not expect to find his works at Gloucester City Hall.