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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

Worcester House, n.d. (inv. 455)
Worcester House, n.d. (inv. 455)
Stage Rocks and the Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1857 (inv. 8)
Stage Rocks and the Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1857 (inv. 8)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
"Sweepstakes", 1853 (inv. 248)
"Sweepstakes", 1853 (inv. 248)
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)
Brig "Antelope" in Boston Harbor, 1863 (inv. 43)
Brig "Antelope" in Boston Harbor, 1863 (inv. 43)
Eagle Cliff at Old Neck Beach, Manchester, 1864 (inv. 163)
Eagle Cliff at Old Neck Beach, Manchester, 1864 (inv. 163)
Fresh Water Cove from Dolliver's Neck, Gloucester, Early 1850s (inv. 45)
Fresh Water Cove from Dolliver's Neck, Gloucester, Early 1850s (inv. 45)
The Mariner's Return, 1841 (inv. 470)
The Mariner's Return, 1841 (inv. 470)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 73)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 73)
Castine, from Hospital Island, 1855 (inv. 448)
Castine, from Hospital Island, 1855 (inv. 448)
A Smart Blow, c.1856 (inv. 9)
A Smart Blow, c.1856 (inv. 9)
The Old Fort and Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 30)
The Old Fort and Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 30)
Schooner "Loo Choo" in a Stormy Sea, 1850 (inv. 791)
Schooner "Loo Choo" in a Stormy Sea, 1850 (inv. 791)
Coasting Schooner off Boon Island, c.1850 (inv. 564)
Coasting Schooner off Boon Island, c.1850 (inv. 564)
Camden Mountains from the Graves, 1862 (inv. 331)
Camden Mountains from the Graves, 1862 (inv. 331)
Gloucester from Fresh Water Cove, 1850s (inv. 144)
Gloucester from Fresh Water Cove, 1850s (inv. 144)
"Starlight" in Harbor, c.1855 (inv. 249)
"Starlight" in Harbor, c.1855 (inv. 249)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Business Card Printing Plate, c.1841 (inv. 579)
Business Card Printing Plate, c.1841 (inv. 579)
Gloucester Harbor at Dusk, c.1852 (inv. 563)
Gloucester Harbor at Dusk, c.1852 (inv. 563)
Off Owl's Head, Maine, 1852 (inv. 22)
Off Owl's Head, Maine, 1852 (inv. 22)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
View of City of Washington, 1838 (inv. 450)
View of City of Washington, 1838 (inv. 450)
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