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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

Fishing Boats at Low Tide, 1850s (inv. 408)
Fishing Boats at Low Tide, 1850s (inv. 408)
Seashore Sketch, 1854 (inv. 2)
Seashore Sketch, 1854 (inv. 2)
Ships in a Squall, 1849 (inv. 599)
Ships in a Squall, 1849 (inv. 599)
[The Prisoner of Chillon], 1832 (inv. 461)
[The Prisoner of Chillon], 1832 (inv. 461)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Gloucester from Brookbank, 1856 (inv. 111)
Gloucester from Brookbank, 1856 (inv. 111)
Twilight on the Kennebec, 1849 (inv. 258)
Twilight on the Kennebec, 1849 (inv. 258)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 127)
Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 127)
View of West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 151)
View of West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 151)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 289)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 289)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
Boston Harbor at Sunset, 1853 (inv. 393)
Boston Harbor at Sunset, 1853 (inv. 393)
Looking up Portland Harbor, 1863 (inv. 159)
He Doeth All Things Well, 1847 (inv. 471)
He Doeth All Things Well, 1847 (inv. 471)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 231)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 231)
Sailing off the Maine Coast, 1850 (inv. 305)
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