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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 of Blue Hill, Maine, c.1850 (inv. 261)
View of Blue Hill, Maine, c.1850 (inv. 261)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
The Mad Girl's Song, 1840 (inv. 474)
Study of Vessels, 1857 (inv. 7)
Study of Vessels, 1857 (inv. 7)
Study of Ships, 1851 (inv. 141)
Study of Ships, 1851 (inv. 141)
Beach near Gloucester, n.d. (inv. 556)
Beach near Gloucester, n.d. (inv. 556)
Norman's Woe, 1861 (inv. 114)
Norman's Woe, 1861 (inv. 114)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 97)
Beached Hull, 1862 (inv. 191)
Beached Hull, 1862 (inv. 191)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Dana Beach, Manchester, 1860 (inv. 614)
Dana Beach, Manchester, 1860 (inv. 614)
Alcohol Rocks, 1842 (inv. 490)
Alcohol Rocks, 1842 (inv. 490)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 221)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 221)
Untitled, 1855 (inv. 236)
Untitled, 1855 (inv. 236)
Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 102)
Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 102)
Coast of Maine, 1850s (inv. 32)
Coast of Maine, 1850s (inv. 32)
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