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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

View of Gloucester, 1859 (inv. 446)
View of Gloucester, 1859 (inv. 446)
Three Master in Rough Seas (Watercolor), c.1856 (inv. 795)
Three Master in Rough Seas (Watercolor), c.1856 (inv. 795)
View in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 143)
View in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 143)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
View of Gloucester from "Brookbank," the Sawyer Homestead, c.1856 (inv. 95)
View of Gloucester from "Brookbank," the Sawyer Homestead, c.1856 (inv. 95)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 287)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 287)
Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1850s (inv. 16)
Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1850s (inv. 16)
Fresh Water Cove, etc., from Dolliver's Neck, 1850s (inv. 113)
Fresh Water Cove, etc., from Dolliver's Neck, 1850s (inv. 113)
Early Morning, Pavilion Beach, Gloucester, c.1850–55 (inv. 78)
Early Morning, Pavilion Beach, Gloucester, c.1850–55 (inv. 78)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 38)
Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 38)
View from Kettle Cove, Manchester-by-the-Sea, 1847 (inv. 94)
View from Kettle Cove, Manchester-by-the-Sea, 1847 (inv. 94)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
North View of Owl's Head, 1855 (inv. 132)
North View of Owl's Head, 1855 (inv. 132)
Gloucester from Steepbank, c.1855 (inv. 125)
Gloucester from Steepbank, c.1855 (inv. 125)
Sunrise at Gloucester, 1847 (inv. 303)
Sunrise at Gloucester, 1847 (inv. 303)
Gloucester, Stage Fort Beach, 1849 (inv. 555)
Gloucester, Stage Fort Beach, 1849 (inv. 555)
Gloucester Harbor, 1856 (inv. 75)
Gloucester Harbor, 1856 (inv. 75)
Caroline Stevens, n.d. (inv. 40)
Caroline Stevens, n.d. (inv. 40)
Boston Harbor, 1854 (inv. 341)
Boston Harbor, 1854 (inv. 341)
William H. Harrison, 1841 (inv. 714)
William H. Harrison, 1841 (inv. 714)
Island with Beacon, 1850s (inv. 21)
Island with Beacon, 1850s (inv. 21)
Close Hauled in a Gale, c.1850 (inv. 254)
Close Hauled in a Gale, c.1850 (inv. 254)
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