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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.

Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art (1992.51.8)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
View of Baltimore, 1850 (inv. 269)
View of Baltimore, 1850 (inv. 269)
Study of Ships, 1851 (inv. 141)
Study of Ships, 1851 (inv. 141)
A Calm Sea, c.1860 (inv. 6)
A Calm Sea, c.1860 (inv. 6)
Wreck of the Roma, 1846 (inv. 250)
Wreck of the Roma, 1846 (inv. 250)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
Music sheet design, 1840s (inv. 201)
A Rough Sea, 1854 (inv. 12)
A Rough Sea, 1854 (inv. 12)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
Castine from Fort George, 1850 (inv. 208)
Castine from Fort George, 1850 (inv. 208)
From West Manchester Shore, 1850s (inv. 162)
From West Manchester Shore, 1850s (inv. 162)
Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)
Lumber Schooner in a Gale, 1863 (inv. 552)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
Northern Light, c.1851 (inv. 792)
John B. Gough, n.d. (inv. 463)
John B. Gough, n.d. (inv. 463)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
View of Coffin's Beach, 1862 (inv. 41)
View of Coffin's Beach, 1862 (inv. 41)
Beached for Repairs, c.1847–48 (inv. 558)
Beached for Repairs, c.1847–48 (inv. 558)
Beached Hull, 1862 (inv. 191)
Beached Hull, 1862 (inv. 191)
Mary Ann, 1846 (inv. 309)
Mary Ann, 1846 (inv. 309)
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