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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

From West Manchester Shore, 1850s (inv. 162)
From West Manchester Shore, 1850s (inv. 162)
Rowers Frigate, 1848 (inv. 304)
Rowers Frigate, 1848 (inv. 304)
Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 102)
Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 102)
Boston Harbor, c.1850 (inv. 48)
Boston Harbor, c.1850 (inv. 48)
Business Card Printing Plate, c.1841 (inv. 579)
Business Card Printing Plate, c.1841 (inv. 579)
Off Mount Desert Island, 1856 (inv. 81)
Off Mount Desert Island, 1856 (inv. 81)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 63)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 63)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
View of Lowell, Mass., n.d. (inv. 444)
View of Lowell, Mass., n.d. (inv. 444)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 272)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 272)
Caroline Stevens, n.d. (inv. 40)
Caroline Stevens, n.d. (inv. 40)
Castine from Fort Preble, 1851 (inv. 169)
Castine from Fort Preble, 1851 (inv. 169)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 218)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 218)
View of City of Washington, 1838 (inv. 450)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
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