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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

Sunrise at Gloucester, 1847 (inv. 303)
Sunrise at Gloucester, 1847 (inv. 303)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
Kettle Island, 1859 (inv. 20)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 218)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 218)
The Ship is Ready, 1833 (inv. 256)
The Ship is Ready, 1833 (inv. 256)
View of Lowell, Mass., n.d. (inv. 444)
View of Lowell, Mass., n.d. (inv. 444)
Beach and Neck of Land, c.1864 (inv. 160)
Beach and Neck of Land, c.1864 (inv. 160)
Castine from Fort Preble, 1851 (inv. 169)
Castine from Fort Preble, 1851 (inv. 169)
Three Cows and Temple, 1850s (inv. 123)
Three Cows and Temple, 1850s (inv. 123)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 272)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 272)
Gloucester Harbor, 1856 (inv. 75)
Gloucester Harbor, 1856 (inv. 75)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
Bear Island from the South, 1855 (inv. 134)
Mortgaging the Farm, n.d. (inv. 487)
Mortgaging the Farm, n.d. (inv. 487)
Rock Study, c.1856 (inv. 116)
Rock Study, c.1856 (inv. 116)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, 1863 (inv. 146)
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