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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.

Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Roger W. Babson, 1937 (779.02)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island, 1855 (inv. 130)
South East View of Owl's Head, from the Island, 1855 (inv. 130)
Steam demi bark Antelope, 615 tons, c.1855 (inv. 449)
Steam demi bark Antelope, 615 tons, c.1855 (inv. 449)
View of Blue Hill, Maine, c.1850 (inv. 261)
View of Blue Hill, Maine, c.1850 (inv. 261)
Wreck of the Roma, 1846 (inv. 250)
Wreck of the Roma, 1846 (inv. 250)
Gloucester from Fresh Water Cove, 1850s (inv. 144)
Gloucester from Fresh Water Cove, 1850s (inv. 144)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
The Mariner Loves O'er the Waters to Roam, n.d. (inv. 734)
The Mariner Loves O'er the Waters to Roam, n.d. (inv. 734)
Sunset Frigate, 1855–60 (inv. 302)
Sunset Frigate, 1855–60 (inv. 302)
Ships in a Squall, 1849 (inv. 599)
Ships in a Squall, 1849 (inv. 599)
Coast of Maine, 1850s (inv. 32)
Coast of Maine, 1850s (inv. 32)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 217)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 217)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 63)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 63)
West Harbor and Entrance to Somes Sound, 1852 (inv. 179)
West Harbor and Entrance to Somes Sound, 1852 (inv. 179)
Horticultural Hall, School St. Boston, c.1845 (inv. 482)
Horticultural Hall, School St. Boston, c.1845 (inv. 482)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
Brig "Cadet" in Gloucester Harbor, late 1840s (inv. 13)
Brig "Cadet" in Gloucester Harbor, late 1840s (inv. 13)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Sloop with Study of Masthead Rigging, 1850s (inv. 188)
Sloop with Study of Masthead Rigging, 1850s (inv. 188)
Sooloo Pirate's Proa, 1850s (inv. 195)
Sooloo Pirate's Proa, 1850s (inv. 195)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
New England Harbor at Sunrise, c.1850 (inv. 27)
Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10)
Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10)
Burning of the Packet Ship "Boston", 1830 (inv. 82)
Burning of the Packet Ship "Boston", 1830 (inv. 82)
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