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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

View in Boston Harbour, c.1836 (inv. 479)
View in Boston Harbour, c.1836 (inv. 479)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
The Midshipman's Farewell, n.d. (inv. 566)
The Midshipman's Farewell, n.d. (inv. 566)
Rocks, 1850s (inv. 115)
Rocks, 1850s (inv. 115)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 222)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 222)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
Pilot Pendant: Approaching, n.d. (inv. 296)
Norman's Woe, 1861 (inv. 114)
Norman's Woe, 1861 (inv. 114)
Plant and Two Figures, 1850s (inv. 198)
Plant and Two Figures, 1850s (inv. 198)
Off Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1850–60 (inv. 263)
Off Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1850–60 (inv. 263)
Ships in Boston Harbor, late 1840s–early 1850s (inv. 307)
Ships in Boston Harbor, late 1840s–early 1850s (inv. 307)
Boston Harbor, Sunset, 1850–55 (inv. 242)
Boston Harbor, Sunset, 1850–55 (inv. 242)
Two men in a Boat, n.d. (inv. 285)
Two men in a Boat, n.d. (inv. 285)
Parson White Town Parish, c.1860 (inv. 200)
Parson White Town Parish, c.1860 (inv. 200)
The Ariel Waltz, n.d. (inv. 469)
The Ariel Waltz, n.d. (inv. 469)
Salem Mechanick, 1836 (inv. 472)
Salem Mechanick, 1836 (inv. 472)
Gloucester Harbor at Dusk, c.1852 (inv. 563)
Gloucester Harbor at Dusk, c.1852 (inv. 563)
"Sweepstakes", 1853 (inv. 248)
"Sweepstakes", 1853 (inv. 248)
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