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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)
Bear Island from the South, 1855 (inv. 134)
Bear Island from the South, 1855 (inv. 134)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
Close Hauled in a Gale, c.1850 (inv. 254)
Close Hauled in a Gale, c.1850 (inv. 254)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
View of West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts, Sunset, 1863 (inv. 337)
View of West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts, Sunset, 1863 (inv. 337)
Castine Harbor, 1852 (inv. 71)
Castine Harbor, 1852 (inv. 71)
Untitled, 1855 (inv. 236)
Untitled, 1855 (inv. 236)
Lumber Brig in High Seas, n.d. (inv. 36)
Lumber Brig in High Seas, n.d. (inv. 36)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
The Fulton Iron Foundry, Between 1842–56 (inv. 451)
The Fulton Iron Foundry, Between 1842–56 (inv. 451)
Castine from Heights East of Negro Island, 1855 (inv. 168)
Castine from Heights East of Negro Island, 1855 (inv. 168)
View of Norwich, from the West Side of the River, 1849 (inv. 454)
View of Norwich, from the West Side of the River, 1849 (inv. 454)
View in Boston Harbour, c.1837 (inv. 605)
View in Boston Harbour, c.1837 (inv. 605)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
A Rough Sea, 1854 (inv. 12)
A Rough Sea, 1854 (inv. 12)
Auxiliary Steam Packet Ship Massachusetts, n.d. (inv. 442)
Auxiliary Steam Packet Ship Massachusetts, n.d. (inv. 442)
Sunset After the Storm, 1859 (inv. 753)
Sunset After the Storm, 1859 (inv. 753)
Business Card Printing Plate, c.1841 (inv. 579)
Business Card Printing Plate, c.1841 (inv. 579)
Castine, from Hospital Island, 1855 (inv. 448)
Castine, from Hospital Island, 1855 (inv. 448)
The Old Fort and Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 30)
The Old Fort and Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 30)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
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