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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

The Old Arm Chair: A Ballad, 1840 (inv. 453)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Unicorn, Salem Harbor, 1840 (inv. 600)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 102)
Pavilion, 1850s (inv. 102)
Beach and Neck of Land, c.1864 (inv. 160)
Beach and Neck of Land, c.1864 (inv. 160)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Salem Mechanick, 1836 (inv. 472)
Salem Mechanick, 1836 (inv. 472)
Two Oxen, 1850s (inv. 122)
Two Oxen, 1850s (inv. 122)
New Bedford Harbor, n.d. (inv. 551)
New Bedford Harbor, n.d. (inv. 551)
Rounding the Lighthouse, 1843 (inv. 794)
Rounding the Lighthouse, 1843 (inv. 794)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)
Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)
View in Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 126)
View in Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 126)
Christmas Cove, Maine, 1858 (inv. 202)
Christmas Cove, Maine, 1858 (inv. 202)
Beach near Gloucester, n.d. (inv. 556)
Beach near Gloucester, n.d. (inv. 556)
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