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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

New York Yacht Club Regatta (4), 1857 (inv. 397)
New York Yacht Club Regatta (4), 1857 (inv. 397)
Sailing off the Maine Coast, 1850 (inv. 305)
Sailing off the Maine Coast, 1850 (inv. 305)
Phantom of Boston, c.1850s (inv. 574)
Phantom of Boston, c.1850s (inv. 574)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 220)
The Mariner's Return, 1841 (inv. 470)
The Mariner's Return, 1841 (inv. 470)
Near West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 150)
Near West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 150)
John B. Gough, n.d. (inv. 463)
John B. Gough, n.d. (inv. 463)
Thacher's Island Light from Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, c.1852 (inv. 280)
Thacher's Island Light from Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, c.1852 (inv. 280)
Brookbank, The Sawyer Homestead, 1860 (inv. 216)
Brookbank, The Sawyer Homestead, 1860 (inv. 216)
Majebigweduer Narrows from North Castine, 1850 (inv. 167)
Majebigweduer Narrows from North Castine, 1850 (inv. 167)
Ship "Starlight", c.1860 (inv. 65)
Ship "Starlight", c.1860 (inv. 65)
Ships in Boston Harbor, late 1840s–early 1850s (inv. 307)
Ships in Boston Harbor, late 1840s–early 1850s (inv. 307)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Lawrence Quick Step, 1839 (inv. 465)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
View of Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 56)
Approaching Storm, Owl's Head, 1860 (inv. 399)
Approaching Storm, Owl's Head, 1860 (inv. 399)
Camden Mountains from the South Entrance to Harbor, 1855 (inv. 171)
Camden Mountains from the South Entrance to Harbor, 1855 (inv. 171)
Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1850s (inv. 16)
Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1850s (inv. 16)
Castine from Fort George, 1856 (inv. 404)
Castine from Fort George, 1856 (inv. 404)
Plant and Two Figures, 1850s (inv. 198)
Plant and Two Figures, 1850s (inv. 198)
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 237)
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, 1862 (inv. 237)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 231)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 231)
On Ellen's Bosom Blushed a Rose, 1839 (inv. 584)
On Ellen's Bosom Blushed a Rose, 1839 (inv. 584)
Sooloo Pirate's Proa, 1850s (inv. 195)
Sooloo Pirate's Proa, 1850s (inv. 195)
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