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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

The "Constitution" in Boston Harbor, c.1848–49 (inv. 243)
The "Constitution" in Boston Harbor, c.1848–49 (inv. 243)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 277)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 277)
View in Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 126)
View in Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 126)
Somes Sound, Looking Southerly, 1850 (inv. 178)
Somes Sound, Looking Southerly, 1850 (inv. 178)
Coasting Schooner off Boon Island, c.1850 (inv. 564)
Coasting Schooner off Boon Island, c.1850 (inv. 564)
Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine, 1855 (inv. 347)
Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine, 1855 (inv. 347)
Moonlight, Owl's Head, Northeast View, 1851 (inv. 572)
Moonlight, Owl's Head, Northeast View, 1851 (inv. 572)
Near West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 150)
Near West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 150)
View of the Great Conflagration That Took Place on the Night of Saturday, 14th January 1837, Copyright 1838 by Thomas Moore (inv. 481)
View of the Great Conflagration That Took Place on the Night of Saturday, 14th January 1837, Copyright 1838 by Thomas Moore (inv. 481)
Pilot Pendant: Approaching, n.d. (inv. 296)
Pilot Pendant: Approaching, n.d. (inv. 296)
Gloucester Outer Harbor, from the Cut, 1850s (inv. 109)
Gloucester Outer Harbor, from the Cut, 1850s (inv. 109)
Three Cows and Temple, 1850s (inv. 123)
Three Cows and Temple, 1850s (inv. 123)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
View of the City of Bangor, ME, Copyright 1835 by William A. Gilman and Alex H. Wallace (inv. 478)
View of the City of Bangor, ME, Copyright 1835 by William A. Gilman and Alex H. Wallace (inv. 478)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Halfway Rock off Marblehead, n.d. (inv. 781)
Halfway Rock off Marblehead, n.d. (inv. 781)
The Pesky Sarpent, a Pathetic Ballad, n.d. (inv. 464)
The Pesky Sarpent, a Pathetic Ballad, n.d. (inv. 464)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, c.1863–64 (inv. 349)
Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, c.1863–64 (inv. 349)
Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 335)
Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 335)
Caroline Stevens, n.d. (inv. 40)
Caroline Stevens, n.d. (inv. 40)
Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 17)
Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, 1850s (inv. 17)
Ship Under Full Sail, Storm Clouds, 1851 (inv. 546)
Ship Under Full Sail, Storm Clouds, 1851 (inv. 546)
View of Blue Hill, Maine, c.1850 (inv. 261)
View of Blue Hill, Maine, c.1850 (inv. 261)
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