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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.

Stage Rocks and the Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1857 (inv. 8). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Estate of Catalina Davis, 1932 (642.13c)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

View in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 143)
View in Gloucester Harbor, 1850s (inv. 143)
Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 335)
Gloucester Harbor, 1848 (inv. 335)
Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 127)
Town Parish, 1863 (inv. 127)
Fishing Party, 1850 (inv. 50)
Fishing Party, 1850 (inv. 50)
Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1850 (inv. 245)
Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1850 (inv. 245)
Jonathan L. Stevens House, n.d. (inv. 282)
Jonathan L. Stevens House, n.d. (inv. 282)
Tree Study, c.1864 (inv. 121)
Tree Study, c.1864 (inv. 121)
Steam Demi Bark Antelope, c.1855 (inv. 413)
Steam Demi Bark Antelope, c.1855 (inv. 413)
Rowers Frigate, 1848 (inv. 304)
Rowers Frigate, 1848 (inv. 304)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
The Fulton Iron Foundry, Between 1842–56 (inv. 451)
The Fulton Iron Foundry, Between 1842–56 (inv. 451)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Gloucester from Brookbank, 1856 (inv. 111)
Gloucester from Brookbank, 1856 (inv. 111)
Castine from Fort Preble, 1851 (inv. 169)
Castine from Fort Preble, 1851 (inv. 169)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
Dream Painting, 1862 (inv. 74)
View of Coffin's Beach, 1862 (inv. 41)
View of Coffin's Beach, 1862 (inv. 41)
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