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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

Bowdoin College, Brunswick Me., c.1844 (inv. 441)
Bowdoin College, Brunswick Me., c.1844 (inv. 441)
Castine from Heights East of Negro Island, 1855 (inv. 168)
Castine from Heights East of Negro Island, 1855 (inv. 168)
Brig "Cadet" in Gloucester Harbor, late 1840s (inv. 13)
Brig "Cadet" in Gloucester Harbor, late 1840s (inv. 13)
The Norfolk Guards Quick Step, 1840 (inv. 467)
The Norfolk Guards Quick Step, 1840 (inv. 467)
Boston Harbor, c.1850 (inv. 48)
Boston Harbor, c.1850 (inv. 48)
Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester, c.1864 (inv. 112)
Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester, c.1864 (inv. 112)
Lighthouse at Camden, Maine, 1851 (inv. 320)
Lighthouse at Camden, Maine, 1851 (inv. 320)
Gloucester Inner Harbor, 1850 (inv. 240)
Gloucester Inner Harbor, 1850 (inv. 240)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
The Shipwreck, 1852 (inv. 232)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
Tow Boat, 1850s (inv. 187)
Tow Boat, 1850s (inv. 187)
Mary Ann, 1846 (inv. 309)
Mary Ann, 1846 (inv. 309)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Norman's Woe Rock, n.d. (inv. 284)
Near Southeast View of Bear Island, 1855 (inv. 135)
Near Southeast View of Bear Island, 1855 (inv. 135)
View of Camden Mountains from Penobscot Bay, c.1852 (inv. 207)
View of Camden Mountains from Penobscot Bay, c.1852 (inv. 207)
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)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Pilot Pendant: Departing, n.d. (inv. 297)
Pilot Pendant: Departing, n.d. (inv. 297)
Cunard Liner "Britannia", 1842 (inv. 298)
Cunard Liner "Britannia", 1842 (inv. 298)
New York Yacht Club Regatta (1), 1856 (inv. 66)
New York Yacht Club Regatta (1), 1856 (inv. 66)
On the Wharves, Gloucester Harbor, 1847 (inv. 19)
On the Wharves, Gloucester Harbor, 1847 (inv. 19)
Camden Mountains from the South Entrance to Harbor, 1855 (inv. 171)
Camden Mountains from the South Entrance to Harbor, 1855 (inv. 171)
The Topsail Schooner "Kamehameha III" in Boston Harbor, 1846 (inv. 301)
The Topsail Schooner "Kamehameha III" in Boston Harbor, 1846 (inv. 301)
Sketch from Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1863 (inv. 145)
Sketch from Gloucester Outer Harbor, 1863 (inv. 145)
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