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Welcome to Fitz Henry Lane Online

Fitz Henry Lane Online is a freely-accessible interactive and interdisciplinary online resource created by the Cape Ann Museum. The website is organized around a catalogue of the paintings, drawings, and lithographs of nineteenth-century American painter Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865).

The Cape Ann Museum, located in Gloucester, Massachusetts, (Lane’s birthplace and home for most of his life) has the world’s largest collection of Lane’s paintings, drawings, lithographs, and related material. The website is intended to provide information of interest to a broad audience, and to serve as a resource for information and analysis of Lane’s work. The website focuses on both the formal, aesthetic qualities and provides detailed information on the historical context of his pictures. For more see About the Project.

The Western Shore with Norman's Woe, 1862 (inv. 18). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Isabel Babson Lane, 1946 (1147.c)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

View of Baltimore, 1850 (inv. 269)
View of Baltimore, 1850 (inv. 269)
Bear Island from Western Side of N. East Harbour, 1855 (inv. 136)
Bear Island from Western Side of N. East Harbour, 1855 (inv. 136)
Phantom of Boston, c.1850s (inv. 574)
Phantom of Boston, c.1850s (inv. 574)
Sunrise through Mist, 1852 (inv. 98)
Sunrise through Mist, 1852 (inv. 98)
Norman's Woe, Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 1)
Norman's Woe, Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 1)
View of Newburyport from Salisbury, 1845 (inv. 440)
View of Newburyport from Salisbury, 1845 (inv. 440)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1858 (inv. 793)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1858 (inv. 793)
Old Neck Beach at Manchester, 1864 (inv. 161)
Old Neck Beach at Manchester, 1864 (inv. 161)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Brig Off the Maine Coast, 1851 (inv. 241)
Brig Off the Maine Coast, 1851 (inv. 241)
Horticultural Hall, School St. Boston, c.1845 (inv. 482)
Horticultural Hall, School St. Boston, c.1845 (inv. 482)
Folly Cove, Lanesville - Gloucester, 1864 (inv. 157)
Folly Cove, Lanesville - Gloucester, 1864 (inv. 157)
Salem Harbor, 1853 (inv. 53)
Salem Harbor, 1853 (inv. 53)
Rounding the Lighthouse, 1843 (inv. 794)
Rounding the Lighthouse, 1843 (inv. 794)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 97)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 97)
The "Britannia" Entering Boston Harbor, 1848 (inv. 49)
The "Britannia" Entering Boston Harbor, 1848 (inv. 49)
View of the City of Bangor, ME, Copyright 1835 by William A. Gilman and Alex H. Wallace (inv. 478)
View of the City of Bangor, ME, Copyright 1835 by William A. Gilman and Alex H. Wallace (inv. 478)
At the Fishing Grounds, 1851 (inv. 276)
At the Fishing Grounds, 1851 (inv. 276)
Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester, c.1864 (inv. 112)
Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester, c.1864 (inv. 112)
Boston Harbor at Sunset, 1853 (inv. 393)
Boston Harbor at Sunset, 1853 (inv. 393)
Gloucester Outer Harbor, from the Cut, 1850s (inv. 109)
Gloucester Outer Harbor, from the Cut, 1850s (inv. 109)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
Encampment at Barnstable, Sept. 1839, c.1840 (inv. 477)
Encampment at Barnstable, Sept. 1839, c.1840 (inv. 477)
Three Master on the Gloucester Railways, 1857 (inv. 29)
Three Master on the Gloucester Railways, 1857 (inv. 29)
The Cape Ann Museum is grateful to the following organizations for their support of Fitz Henry Lane Online:
Wyeth Foundation for American Art National Endowment for the Arts Institute of Museum and Library Science Thomfohrde Foundation Danversbank Charitable Foundation