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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

Maniac, 1840 (inv. 473)
Maniac, 1840 (inv. 473)
Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, n.d. (inv. 554)
Seashore Sketch, 1854 (inv. 2)
Seashore Sketch, 1854 (inv. 2)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 224)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 224)
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)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 286)
Coffins Beach from the Loaf, 1862 (inv. 153)
Ships in a Squall, 1849 (inv. 599)
Ships in a Squall, 1849 (inv. 599)
The Ariel Waltz, n.d. (inv. 469)
The Ariel Waltz, n.d. (inv. 469)
Pilot Pendant: Approaching, n.d. (inv. 296)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 272)
Castine Harbor and Town, 1851 (inv. 272)
Song of the Fisher's Wife, 1840 (inv. 466)
Song of the Fisher's Wife, 1840 (inv. 466)
Near West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 150)
Near West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 150)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 289)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 289)
Unloading a Ship, c.1850 (inv. 235)
Unloading a Ship, c.1850 (inv. 235)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 63)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 63)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
Near Reef of Norman's Woe, 1850s (inv. 55)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
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