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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.

Stage Rocks and the Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1857 (inv. 8). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Estate of Catalina Davis, 1932 (642.13c)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Bar Island and Mt. Desert Mountains from Somes Settlement, 1850 (inv. 401)
Bar Island and Mt. Desert Mountains from Somes Settlement, 1850 (inv. 401)
Spitfire Entering Boston Harbor, n.d. (inv. 536)
Spitfire Entering Boston Harbor, n.d. (inv. 536)
Two Vessels, 1850s (inv. 193)
Two Vessels, 1850s (inv. 193)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 335)
Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 335)
Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 391)
Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 391)
The Mariner Loves O'er the Waters to Roam, n.d. (inv. 734)
The Mariner Loves O'er the Waters to Roam, n.d. (inv. 734)
Sketch from Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1863 (inv. 145)
Sketch from Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1863 (inv. 145)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
Worcester House, n.d. (inv. 455)
Worcester House, n.d. (inv. 455)
Camden Mountains from the Graves, 1862 (inv. 331)
Camden Mountains from the Graves, 1862 (inv. 331)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 105)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 105)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
Maniac, 1840 (inv. 473)
Maniac, 1840 (inv. 473)
Boston Harbor, c.1850 (inv. 48)
Boston Harbor, c.1850 (inv. 48)
Clipper Ship "Southern Cross" in Boston Harbor, 1851 (inv. 253)
Clipper Ship "Southern Cross" in Boston Harbor, 1851 (inv. 253)
Three Master, 1850s (inv. 196)
Three Master, 1850s (inv. 196)
Coasting Schooner off Boon Island, c.1850 (inv. 564)
Coasting Schooner off Boon Island, c.1850 (inv. 564)
View of Newburyport from Salisbury, 1845 (inv. 440)
View of Newburyport from Salisbury, 1845 (inv. 440)
Sailing Ships Off New England Coast, c.1855 (inv. 299)
Sailing Ships Off New England Coast, c.1855 (inv. 299)
Joseph Stevens, n.d. (inv. 39)
Joseph Stevens, n.d. (inv. 39)
View of Gloucester Harbor, Late 1855–60 (inv. 96)
View of Gloucester Harbor, Late 1855–60 (inv. 96)
Three Men, One in a Wherry, n.d. (inv. 225)
Three Men, One in a Wherry, n.d. (inv. 225)
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