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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.

Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863 (inv. 10). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Roger W. Babson, 1937 (779.02)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
"Starlight" in Harbor, c.1855 (inv. 249)
"Starlight" in Harbor, c.1855 (inv. 249)
Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 38)
Gloucester Harbor, 1852 (inv. 38)
Coffin's Beach at Sunset, c.1862 (inv. 31)
Coffin's Beach at Sunset, c.1862 (inv. 31)
Ship Under Full Sail, Storm Clouds, 1851 (inv. 546)
Ship Under Full Sail, Storm Clouds, 1851 (inv. 546)
Old Neck Beach at Manchester, 1864 (inv. 161)
Old Neck Beach at Manchester, 1864 (inv. 161)
Departure of the "Jamestown" for Cork, Ireland, 1847 (inv. 475)
Departure of the "Jamestown" for Cork, Ireland, 1847 (inv. 475)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Square-rigged Topsail, 1850s (inv. 140)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Two Ships in Rough Seas, 1847 (inv. 34)
Two Ships in Rough Seas, 1847 (inv. 34)
Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, 1852 (inv. 184)
Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, 1852 (inv. 184)
Sicilian Vespers, c.1832 (inv. 486)
Sicilian Vespers, c.1832 (inv. 486)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Becalmed Off Halfway Rock, 1860 (inv. 344)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 219)
Untitled, n.d. (inv. 219)
Beached for Repairs, c.1847–48 (inv. 558)
Beached for Repairs, c.1847–48 (inv. 558)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 73)
Brace's Rock, 1864 (inv. 73)
Fence with Landscape, c.1863 (inv. 120)
Fence with Landscape, c.1863 (inv. 120)
Gloucester Inner Harbor, 1850 (inv. 240)
Gloucester Inner Harbor, 1850 (inv. 240)
Little Good Harbor Beach from the Western Upland, 1861 (inv. 152)
Little Good Harbor Beach from the Western Upland, 1861 (inv. 152)
Unloading a Ship, c.1850 (inv. 235)
Unloading a Ship, c.1850 (inv. 235)
Baltimore Harbor, 1850 (inv. 400)
Baltimore Harbor, 1850 (inv. 400)
New York Yacht Club Regatta (3), After 1856 (inv. 396)
New York Yacht Club Regatta (3), After 1856 (inv. 396)
Boston Harbor, Sunset, 1850–55 (inv. 242)
Boston Harbor, Sunset, 1850–55 (inv. 242)
Close Hauled in a Gale, c.1850 (inv. 254)
Close Hauled in a Gale, c.1850 (inv. 254)
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