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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.

Gloucester Harbor, 1847 (inv. 23). Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Estate of Samuel H. Mansfield, 1949 (1332.20)

Explore the Works in the Catalogue

Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
Sloop, Early 1850s (inv. 189)
New York Harbor, c.1855 (inv. 46)
New York Harbor, c.1855 (inv. 46)
Norman's Woe, 1861 (inv. 114)
Norman's Woe, 1861 (inv. 114)
Folly Cove, Lanesville - Gloucester, 1864 (inv. 157)
Folly Cove, Lanesville - Gloucester, 1864 (inv. 157)
Penobscot Bay from the Southwest Chamber Window, 1850 (inv. 210)
Penobscot Bay from the Southwest Chamber Window, 1850 (inv. 210)
The Ship is Ready, 1833 (inv. 256)
The Ship is Ready, 1833 (inv. 256)
Beach and Neck of Land, c.1864 (inv. 160)
Beach and Neck of Land, c.1864 (inv. 160)
The Yacht "America" Winning the International Race, 1851 (inv. 255)
The Yacht "America" Winning the International Race, 1851 (inv. 255)
Bear Island, Northeast Harbor, 1855 (inv. 24)
Bear Island, Northeast Harbor, 1855 (inv. 24)
Phantom of Boston, c.1850s (inv. 574)
Phantom of Boston, c.1850s (inv. 574)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, 1864 (inv. 104)
Brace's Cove, Eastern Point, 1863 (inv. 147)
Brace's Cove, Eastern Point, 1863 (inv. 147)
Castine from Heights East of Negro Island, 1855 (inv. 168)
Castine from Heights East of Negro Island, 1855 (inv. 168)
Three Master, 1850s (inv. 196)
Three Master, 1850s (inv. 196)
View of Baltimore, from Federal Hill, 1850 (inv. 493)
View of Baltimore, from Federal Hill, 1850 (inv. 493)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
View of Providence, R. I. 1848, 1849–52 (inv. 485)
Boston Harbor, 1856 (inv. 203)
Boston Harbor, 1856 (inv. 203)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
American Vessels No. 1, c.1845 (inv. 452)
Looking Outward from Head of Harbor, 1850s (inv. 138)
Looking Outward from Head of Harbor, 1850s (inv. 138)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
John H.W. Hawkins, 1842 (inv. 540)
Encampment at Barnstable, Sept. 1839, c.1840 (inv. 477)
Encampment at Barnstable, Sept. 1839, c.1840 (inv. 477)
Sunset Frigate, 1855–60 (inv. 302)
Sunset Frigate, 1855–60 (inv. 302)
View of West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 151)
View of West Beach, Beverly, 1850s (inv. 151)
View of Boston Harbor, 1852 (inv. 392)
View of Boston Harbor, 1852 (inv. 392)
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