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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

The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
Wreck of the Roma, 1846 (inv. 250)
Wreck of the Roma, 1846 (inv. 250)
Looking Toward the Loaf from Cross' Island, Essex River, 1862 (inv. 215)
Looking Toward the Loaf from Cross' Island, Essex River, 1862 (inv. 215)
Lanesville, The Mill, 1849 (inv. 93)
Lanesville, The Mill, 1849 (inv. 93)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
A Lumber Brig in Light Wind, n.d. (inv. 532)
A Lumber Brig in Light Wind, n.d. (inv. 532)
Fresh Water Cove from Dolliver's Neck, Gloucester, Early 1850s (inv. 45)
Fresh Water Cove from Dolliver's Neck, Gloucester, Early 1850s (inv. 45)
Sunset After the Storm, 1859 (inv. 753)
Sunset After the Storm, 1859 (inv. 753)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 287)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 287)
Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c.1846–47 (inv. 88)
Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c.1846–47 (inv. 88)
Manchester Harbor, 1853 (inv. 324)
Manchester Harbor, 1853 (inv. 324)
Ten Pound Island at Sunset, 1851 (inv. 25)
Ten Pound Island at Sunset, 1851 (inv. 25)
Off Owl's Head, Maine, 1852 (inv. 22)
Off Owl's Head, Maine, 1852 (inv. 22)
Pretty Pet, n.d. (inv. 489)
Pretty Pet, n.d. (inv. 489)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)
Ship in a Storm off Gloucester, Mass., 1852 (inv. 233)
Ship in a Storm off Gloucester, Mass., 1852 (inv. 233)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Three Master at Sea, 1850s (inv. 139)
Three Master at Sea, 1850s (inv. 139)
Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10)
Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10)
Owl's Head from the South, 1851 (inv. 131)
Owl's Head from the South, 1851 (inv. 131)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Gloucester Harbor, 1859 (inv. 33)
Gloucester Harbor, 1859 (inv. 33)
View of West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts, Sunset, 1863 (inv. 337)
View of West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts, Sunset, 1863 (inv. 337)
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