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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.

Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art (1992.51.8)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, 1852 (inv. 184)
Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, 1852 (inv. 184)
View in Boston Harbour, c.1836 (inv. 479)
View in Boston Harbour, c.1836 (inv. 479)
Majebigweduer Narrows from North Castine, 1850 (inv. 167)
Majebigweduer Narrows from North Castine, 1850 (inv. 167)
Portrait of the "National Eagle", 1853 (inv. 35)
Portrait of the "National Eagle", 1853 (inv. 35)
View from Stage Rocks, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 108)
View from Stage Rocks, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 108)
Beach and Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 101)
Beach and Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 101)
Northwesterly (distant) view of Mt. Desert Rock, 1852 (inv. 228)
Northwesterly (distant) view of Mt. Desert Rock, 1852 (inv. 228)
Capt. E. G. Austin's Quick Step, "A Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew", 1837 (inv. 480)
Capt. E. G. Austin's Quick Step, "A Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew", 1837 (inv. 480)
Burbankville to Blackstone River, n.d. (inv. 457)
Burbankville to Blackstone River, n.d. (inv. 457)
Bear Island from the South, 1855 (inv. 134)
Bear Island from the South, 1855 (inv. 134)
The Pesky Sarpent, a Pathetic Ballad, n.d. (inv. 464)
The Pesky Sarpent, a Pathetic Ballad, n.d. (inv. 464)
Penobscot Bay from the Southwest Chamber Window, 1850 (inv. 210)
Penobscot Bay from the Southwest Chamber Window, 1850 (inv. 210)
Drying Sail off Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, n.d. (inv. 541)
Drying Sail off Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, n.d. (inv. 541)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 224)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 224)
Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine, 1855 (inv. 347)
Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine, 1855 (inv. 347)
View of West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts, Sunset, 1863 (inv. 337)
View of West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts, Sunset, 1863 (inv. 337)
View of Bar Island and Mount Desert Mountains, from the Bay in Front of Somes Settlement, 1850 (inv. 177)
View of Bar Island and Mount Desert Mountains, from the Bay in Front of Somes Settlement, 1850 (inv. 177)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Three Master and Lumber Schooners in Heavy Seas, early 1850s (inv. 5)
Three Master and Lumber Schooners in Heavy Seas, early 1850s (inv. 5)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 97)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 97)
Beached Hull, 1862 (inv. 191)
Beached Hull, 1862 (inv. 191)
Ship "Starlight", c.1860 (inv. 65)
Ship "Starlight", c.1860 (inv. 65)
Norman's Woe, Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 1)
Norman's Woe, Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 1)
Fishing Party, 1850 (inv. 50)
Fishing Party, 1850 (inv. 50)
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