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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.

The Western Shore with Norman's Woe, 1862 (inv. 18). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Isabel Babson Lane, 1946 (1147.c)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Steam demi bark Antelope, 615 tons, c.1855 (inv. 449)
Steam demi bark Antelope, 615 tons, c.1855 (inv. 449)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Two men in a Boat, n.d. (inv. 285)
Two men in a Boat, n.d. (inv. 285)
The Western Shore with Norman's Woe, 1862 (inv. 18)
The Western Shore with Norman's Woe, 1862 (inv. 18)
View of the City of Bangor, ME, Copyright 1835 by William A. Gilman and Alex H. Wallace (inv. 478)
View of the City of Bangor, ME, Copyright 1835 by William A. Gilman and Alex H. Wallace (inv. 478)
Song of the Fisher's Wife, 1840 (inv. 466)
Song of the Fisher's Wife, 1840 (inv. 466)
The "Britannia" Entering Boston Harbor, 1848 (inv. 49)
The "Britannia" Entering Boston Harbor, 1848 (inv. 49)
Christmas Cove, Maine, 1858 (inv. 202)
Christmas Cove, Maine, 1858 (inv. 202)
The Yacht "Northern Light" in Boston Harbor, 1845 (inv. 268)
The Yacht "Northern Light" in Boston Harbor, 1845 (inv. 268)
Millbury Village, n.d. (inv. 456)
Millbury Village, n.d. (inv. 456)
View of Gloucester from "Brookbank," the Sawyer Homestead, c.1856 (inv. 95)
View of Gloucester from "Brookbank," the Sawyer Homestead, c.1856 (inv. 95)
Gloucester Harbor, 1859 (inv. 33)
Gloucester Harbor, 1859 (inv. 33)
Coming Ashore near Brace's Rock, Gloucester, Massachusetts, c.1860 (inv. 60)
Coming Ashore near Brace's Rock, Gloucester, Massachusetts, c.1860 (inv. 60)
Sailing Ships Off New England Coast, c.1855 (inv. 299)
Sailing Ships Off New England Coast, c.1855 (inv. 299)
From West Manchester Shore, 1850s (inv. 162)
From West Manchester Shore, 1850s (inv. 162)
Sunset Off Ten-Pound Island, c.1860 (inv. 274)
Sunset Off Ten-Pound Island, c.1860 (inv. 274)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
Rock Study, c.1856 (inv. 116)
Rock Study, c.1856 (inv. 116)
Bark "Eastern Star" of Boston, 1853 (inv. 571)
Bark "Eastern Star" of Boston, 1853 (inv. 571)
Dana Beach, Manchester, 1860 (inv. 614)
Dana Beach, Manchester, 1860 (inv. 614)
Supposed "Oldest House in Town", c.1860 (inv. 199)
Supposed "Oldest House in Town", c.1860 (inv. 199)
Boston Harbor, 1854 (inv. 341)
Boston Harbor, 1854 (inv. 341)
Lumber Brig in High Seas, n.d. (inv. 36)
Lumber Brig in High Seas, n.d. (inv. 36)
Merchantmen Off Boston Harbor, 1853 (inv. 267)
Merchantmen Off Boston Harbor, 1853 (inv. 267)
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