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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.

Gloucester Harbor, 1847 (inv. 23). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Estate of Samuel H. Mansfield, 1949 (1332.20)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Boston Harbor, Sunset, 1850–55 (inv. 242)
Boston Harbor, Sunset, 1850–55 (inv. 242)
The Ship Michael Angelo Entering Boston Harbor, 1849 (inv. 542)
The Ship Michael Angelo Entering Boston Harbor, 1849 (inv. 542)
Castine, from Hospital Island, 1855 (inv. 448)
Castine, from Hospital Island, 1855 (inv. 448)
Across Gloucester Outer Harbor from Steepbank, n.d. (inv. 234)
Across Gloucester Outer Harbor from Steepbank, n.d. (inv. 234)
View in Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 126)
View in Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 126)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
Bugis Tope from Borneo and Celebes, 1850s (inv. 194)
Bugis Tope from Borneo and Celebes, 1850s (inv. 194)
Eagle Cliff at Old Neck Beach, Manchester, 1864 (inv. 163)
Eagle Cliff at Old Neck Beach, Manchester, 1864 (inv. 163)
View of Gloucester, 1859 (inv. 91)
View of Gloucester, 1859 (inv. 91)
Three Master and Lumber Schooners in Heavy Seas, early 1850s (inv. 5)
Three Master and Lumber Schooners in Heavy Seas, early 1850s (inv. 5)
Burning of the Packet Ship "Boston", 1830 (inv. 82)
Burning of the Packet Ship "Boston", 1830 (inv. 82)
Three Master in Rough Seas, 1856 (inv. 4)
Three Master in Rough Seas, 1856 (inv. 4)
Off Mount Desert Island, 1856 (inv. 81)
Off Mount Desert Island, 1856 (inv. 81)
Lifting the Mortgage, n.d. (inv. 488)
Lifting the Mortgage, n.d. (inv. 488)
Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)
Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)
Ship Under Full Sail, Storm Clouds, 1851 (inv. 546)
Ship Under Full Sail, Storm Clouds, 1851 (inv. 546)
"Samuel Lawrence", 1851 (inv. 252)
"Samuel Lawrence", 1851 (inv. 252)
"Sweepstakes", 1853 (inv. 248)
"Sweepstakes", 1853 (inv. 248)
Sunset After the Storm, 1859 (inv. 753)
Sunset After the Storm, 1859 (inv. 753)
Two Oxen, 1850s (inv. 122)
Two Oxen, 1850s (inv. 122)
Early Morning, Pavilion Beach, Gloucester, c.1850–55 (inv. 78)
Early Morning, Pavilion Beach, Gloucester, c.1850–55 (inv. 78)
St. Johns, Porto Rico, c.1850 (inv. 239)
St. Johns, Porto Rico, c.1850 (inv. 239)
Maniac, 1840 (inv. 473)
Maniac, 1840 (inv. 473)
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