19th Century

Fitz Henry Lane

Born 1804 Died 1865

Early Life and Circumstances Born: December 19, 1804, Gloucester, Massachusetts Died: August 14, 1865, Gloucester, Massachusetts Full Name: Nathaniel Rogers Lane (legally changed to Fitz Henry Lane in 1832) Movement: Luminism Lane’s early life was deeply intertwined with the maritime community of Gloucester. His father, Jonathan Dennison Lane, a sailmaker, immersed him in the world of ships and seafaring from an early age. A childhood illness, possibly caused by ingesting part of the peru-apple (jimsonweed), resulted in paralysis of his legs, requiring him to use crutches or a can…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of Fitz Henry Lane's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

Focus a Subject

Trace a Context

Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.

Fitz Henry Lane

1804 - 1865

The Subject Atlas

Spokes — Subject

Rings — Career Period

Threads — Shared Context

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