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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.

Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Roger W. Babson, 1937 (779.02)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 237)
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 237)
Westward View from Cove near Done Fudging, 1861 (inv. 117)
Westward View from Cove near Done Fudging, 1861 (inv. 117)
Ships Leaving Boston Harbor, 1847 (inv. 265)
Ships Leaving Boston Harbor, 1847 (inv. 265)
A Storm Breaking Away, Vessel Slipping Her Cable, 1858 (inv. 59)
A Storm Breaking Away, Vessel Slipping Her Cable, 1858 (inv. 59)
Mount Desert Sketch, 1850s (inv. 185)
Mount Desert Sketch, 1850s (inv. 185)
Boston Harbor, 1850s (inv. 158)
Boston Harbor, 1850s (inv. 158)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Maine Marsh Scene, n.d. (inv. 685)
Maine Marsh Scene, n.d. (inv. 685)
Ships off Massachusetts Coast, Late 1850 (inv. 398)
Ships off Massachusetts Coast, Late 1850 (inv. 398)
Eagle Cliff at Old Neck Beach, Manchester, 1864 (inv. 163)
Eagle Cliff at Old Neck Beach, Manchester, 1864 (inv. 163)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island, 1855 (inv. 130)
South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island, 1855 (inv. 130)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
The Old Arm Chair: A Ballad, 1840 (inv. 453)
The Old Arm Chair: A Ballad, 1840 (inv. 453)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 219)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 219)
A Calm Sea, c.1860 (inv. 6)
A Calm Sea, c.1860 (inv. 6)
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)
Gloucester Beach from the Cut, 1850s (inv. 103)
Gloucester Beach from the Cut, 1850s (inv. 103)
Owl's Head from the South, 1851 (inv. 131)
Owl's Head from the South, 1851 (inv. 131)
South East View of Owl's Head , from the Point of the Island, 1855 (inv. 129)
South East View of Owl's Head , from the Point of the Island, 1855 (inv. 129)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 231)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 231)
Twilight on the Kennebec, 1849 (inv. 258)
Twilight on the Kennebec, 1849 (inv. 258)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
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