Classic Maritime Art

Watercolor depictions of boats and ships from the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting themes of sailing, harbors, and maritime life.

Slave Schooner "Saphria" Off N. pooint, St. helena, Buck, William1840-1888 American

attributed to Paul Sandby RA, 1731-1809, British, Two Boats at Anchor, undated. Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, cream, medium textured laid paper.

Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Boats, 1867. Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Ship at Sea late 19th century Albert Ernest Markes British. Ship at Sea 340838

Boats in a Harbor 1824 England. Brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper laid down on tan wove paper . Richard Parkes Bonington

Slave Schooner "Saphria" Off N. pooint, St. helena, Buck, William1840-1888 American

Fishing Boats at Anchor, Edward Alfred Goodall, 1819-1908, British, undated, Watercolor, graphite and white gouache on medium, slighlty textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 14 1/4 × 21 1/8 inches (36.2 × 53.7 cm)

Wooden rowing boat on the banks of a river or more, 1840 - 1841 Page 1 Verso from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. paper. pencil landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). rowing-boat, canoe, etc.

The Hague, Heppener, Jan, Ship off the coast, verso middle - stamped, print, prints, height 51 mm, width 78 mm, 1826 - 1898-03-01, print maker, printmaker, 1855 - 1855, paper, papier, etching, etchings

George Chambers, 1803-1840, British, Sailing Barges and Boats in a Choppy Sea, undated. Graphite, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Follower of Samuel Prout, 1783-1852, British, Off Portsmouth: Boats Loading or Unloading a Large Hulk, Small Craft Nearby, undated. Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Yacht at a fleet. Hunting, by sloops surrounded, at the fleet, which lies for Anchor.

Coasting Trade Vessels, Italy, 1874, etching, Curtis/Proute 1968, no. 40, State i/iii, Adolphe Appian (artist) French, 1818 - 1898

At Rest Between Channel Trips. This image depicts artwork of two Coast Guard cutters, No. 50 and No. 51, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Russell S. Dickerson.

Patrol off Newfoundland. This image depicts a Gloucester fishing schooner. Artwork by Hunter Wood.

Van der Velde, a barge.Potor production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 24.

Chromolithograph - Floating Dam

Untitled (Steamship In Boston Harbor). Dated: c. 1885-1890. Dimensions: plate: 209 x 373 mm image: 178 x 350 mm (not including remarque) sheet: 292 x 449 mm. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rominer Lovewell.

Boat race , Sailboats, Bodies of water, Sailboat racing, Steamboats. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Boat race , Sailboats, Bodies of water, Sailboat racing, Steamboats. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Pink, a sailing ship type, Scheveningen, Holland, around 1895, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4795390

BARCOS MERCANTES DEL NILO - ACUARELA - SIGLO XIX. Author: RAFAEL MONLEON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ships in the canal. Color drawing over two pages of four 'Scheepjes' seen through the draftsman in the English channel. The hellgele and bright red colors of the mirrors of the ships are striking. The sea and clouds air are executed in gloomy shades. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 2 (1808), p. 58-59.

Shackleton's ship 'Nimrod' in the Antarctic ice. Date: circa 1907

Prins, Johannes Huibert, Flat barge with cattle, verso lower left - stamped, Two men are sitting on a flat barge with a hoisted sail. The skipper is standing on the back of the boat with a push bar. There are also three cows on the barge and a rider with his horse, who is bending over to drink the water., print, prints, height 125 mm, width 148 mm, 1757-06-08 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1776, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Vigilant and Valkyrie II in America's Cup Yacht Race, 1893. The race was won by Vigilant

Sailboats from different eras, drawing.

Gezicht op haven met galei schip vlakbij de werf. Vue du fond du Port des Galères à Malthe, prise du chantier (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Louis Ducros. Dating: 1778. Measurements: h 262 mm × w 522 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Joseph Cartwright, c.1789-1829, British, Sailing Vessel in Dock, Bow Forward: Squared for Tracing, undated. Pen, in brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, mounted on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper.

Moonlight sail on the summer sea , Sailboats, Seas, Moonlight, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Off Portsmouth: Boats Loading or Unloading a Large Hulk, Small Craft Nearby, Follower of Samuel Prout, 1783-1852, British, undated, Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/8 x 10 3/16 inches (16.9 x 25.9 cm), boats, clouds, coast, hulk (watercraft by form), marine art, port, sailboats, sea, ships, waves (natural events), England, Europe, Hampshire, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

A Chinese boat. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

Sailing Ship by Joseph Links, 20th Century

Sailboat at a stormbreker.Leaf 22 Verso and 23 recto from a sketchbook with 42 sheets.

Grand Bassin de Navires a Rotterdam; about 1865; Hand-colored Albumen silver print

BARCOS EGIPCIOS - ACUARELA SIGLO XIX. Author: RAFAEL MONLEON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Tugboat and Ocean Liner.

Sailing ships at the Steiger van Ostend, Adolf Le Comte, 1860 - 1921 drawing paper. chalk pier, quay, wharf Ostend. Belgium

Floating fire engine used on the Thames.

Portugal. Portuguese gunboat commanded by Major Serpa Pinto, at the mouth of the Zambezi River. Used in the Anglo-Portuguese conflict: struggle of the Portuguese against the Makoldos, aided by the British. Engraving. Colored.

'A Homeward Bound P. & O. Liner', 1923. Creator: Unknown.

Sailing in Sydney harbour, Australia - the Mosquito fleet. Date: 1910

Ship Aground Brighton. Date/Period: 1830. Painting. Watercolor. Height: 140 mm (5.51 in); Width: 194 mm (7.63 in). Author: J. M. W. Turner.

Sail boat races , Sailboats, Seas, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

*EL CUTTY SARK. Author: Cobb. Location: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM. GREENWICH. ENGLAND.

Amsterdam, Dupont, Pieter, Ships in the Damrak in Amsterdam, verso - stamped, Five moored tjalks in the Damrak. On the tjalks, clothes hang on washing lines to dry. On the left in the foreground a sailing barge. In the background, among other things, a horse-drawn carriage, a horse-drawn tram and an advertising board., print, prints, height 210 mm, width 400 mm, Dutch, 1870-07-05 - 1911-02-07, print maker, printmaker, 1895 - 1895, paper, papier, zinkets, plaattoon

Fully Rigged Ship at Sail Konstantin Rodko (1908-1995 Russian)

Drifting Match' Oil on canvas, 22' x 18. 1990.The painting depicts the first race between 'Endeavour' and 'Rainbow' on the 15th of September, 1934. Rainbow had led around the windwar

Two sailing ships along the coast, c. 1890 - c. 1900 print Crep paper print with two sailing ships in the bay of Kominato. crepe paper color woodcut sailing-ship, sailing-boat. coast

Sail boat races , Sailboats, Seas, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Portugal. Portuguese gunboat commanded by Major Serpa Pinto, at the mouth of the Zambezi River. Used in the Anglo-Portuguese conflict: struggle of the Portuguese against the Makoldos, aided by the British. Engraving. Colored.

Fishing boats, Ohara Koson, 1900 - 1920 print Fishing boats with full sails on calm water; In the twilight. paper color woodcut sailing-ship, sailing-boat. night

Under a full sail, over the sunlit water , Sailboats, Seas, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Bow Of A Warship From The 17th Century (After A Watercolor Painting By Stower) 1912 Willy Stower (1864-1931) Colored Print

Two figures on a boat, c. 1910 - c. 1915 Page 14 from a sketchbook with 18 magazines. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. chalk ships (in general)

'The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hulk to the Great Eastern'. The image shows the cable loaded into the Great Eastern, on the Thames Estuary on the Kent coast in 1865. The huge ship set out with 2,400 miles of cable weighing 4,000 pounds per nautical mile, coiled into three great tanks in its hold. The watercolor was painted by British artist, Robert Charles Dudley. (BSLOC_2019_8_150)

Ancident Time. Mediterranean Sea. Old ship sailing on the Island of Cyprus. Engraving, 19th century.

Speeding along under full sail , Sailboats, Seas, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

La corvette l'Astrolabe. en danger de se perdre sur les cocheá de l'île leighs. (Nouvelle Irlande.).. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Prints. 1830 - 1835. General Research Division

Two sailing ships in the water, James Adamson, c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Men carrying crates at a shipping yard, with sailing ships near the shore

Old Ocean scene with ships

Ships Through the Ages: Yacht 'America,' Ships of the Line - 'Pennsylvania' and 'Cumberland' , Sailing ships, Yachts

Wreck of an East Indiaman watercolours, works on paper

The Lachine Rapides, St. Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada: a tour boat negotiates the rapids. Photograph, 1878.

'Hong-Kong Harbour', 1924. Artist: Unknown.

The Rainbow 1868 Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900/Russian) Painting Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Iceboating in Toronto Bay, Canada Date: 1909

Loanda S. Pauli.. Ogilby, John (1600-1676). Illustrations, Prints. 1670. General Research Division. South Africa, Islands of the Indian Ocean, Islands of the Atlantic, Africa , Description and travel, Sailing ships

A Roman Trireme. Roman Times. Engraving, 19th century. Color.

Sloop yachts Mischief and Atalanta in the race for ""The America Cup"", Small Yacths

Polar explorer, Ernest Shackleton's ship, ENDURANCE, trapped in Weddell Sea pack ice in Antarctica in 1916. The British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, lead by Shacketon from 1914-17, failed to meet its goal of completing a coast to coast crossing of the frozen continent, but was none the less heroic for surviving without losing any of the stranded 22 crew members.

La Picardie

Hudson's Bay Company express canoe

Fisheries trawler coming into port. Overfishing is putting a strain on many species as these working boats net and haul large quantities out of the ocean faster than fish can recover; Dakar, Senegal

Fritz Stoltenberg, Freihafen mit den Elbbrucken, 1893 Freihafen mit den Elbbrucken

A boat out in the water. Two sailboats , Lakes & ponds, Sailboats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Le Havre - exit the fishing boats from the port , Fine Art

1800S 1860S Two Steamboats Midnight Race On The Mississippi River Paddle Wheel Steam Boats The Natchez And Eclipse

Ship at sea, vignette; 1880-1890 (1880-00-00-1890-00-00);

Diafanorama of four boats at sea, Anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1830 On the left a small sailing ship, on which two people. The boat has orange sailing and sails under the Dutch flag. In addition, a larger sailing ship with white sails. Also sailing under Dutch flag. One person is visible on the rear deck. To the right of a rowing boat with three people. This boat sails on the large sailing ship. The far right also a sailing ship, also sailing under the Dutch flag. Two people are visible on the ship and the ship has white sails. The shown is located at the bottom of the glass plate. Netherlands wood (plant material). glass On the left a small sailing ship, on which two people. The boat has orange sailing and sails under the Dutch flag. In addition, a larger sailing ship with white sails. Also sailing under Dutch flag. One person is visible on the rear deck. To the right of a rowing boat with three people. This boat sails on the large sailing ship. The far right also a sailing ship, also sail

Commercial ship traffic in front of the E.B. Bartlett & Company warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York. 1880.

Photography.Photography in glass and frame.The frame of wood, stained.Displays the vanadis under sail in Gibraltarsund during the years 1883-1885.marked on the carton: Vanadis.The ship built at the upper year 1862. 1883 - 1885

C.P.R. Great Lakes Steamer 'Assiniboia'.

Rohrbach Romar flying-boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Zampa, diavolo and gazelle

Wreck Of The Xenia, Alexander Harwood (Scarborough, England, 1873 - 1943) 1905

Port on the Aga River in Osaka, from the series: Ports of Japan /Nihon Minato zukushi

A Ship's Boat, Samuel Scott, 1701/2-1772, British, undated, Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 6 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (15.9 x 33.7 cm), boat, hats, marine art, men, oars, rope, sailors, ship

Four Sailboat Scenes, Domestic Graphics

Fishing Boats near Eitai Bridge in Tsukuda Bay (Eitaibashi Tsukuda oki isaribune), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho) 1847-1863 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Fuji-view Ferry, the River Ōkawa. Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915). Japan, 1880. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Convoy crossing a river, (Argentina), 1818 engraving

Station Forty-Three: Kuwana, Seven-Ri Ferry at the Port, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm); W. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm). Date: ca. 1833-34.The two boats in the foreground are about to reach the Kuwana port after a two-hour journey from Miya, the present-day city of Atsuta. The imposing castle of Kuwana is a landmark for travelers in the boats that float on a deep blue sea raising whitecaps. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The "British Chancellor" in dry dock, Falmouth, Oct. 1940, 1940-1943, by Harry Morley. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1949.

Sailboat at sea, 1882 Drawing in a frame. Page 30 Recto from a sketchbook with 54 sheets. paper. pencil sea (seascape). sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Evening scene on the Edo river; Edogawa. View of the Edo River (Edogawa) at full moon; in the foreground two sailing ships and a rowing boat; Houses lit on the banks.

THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY'S EXPEDITION: EVERYDAY SCENES ON THE RIVER NIGER, 1897: SHIPPING A LOG OF MAHOGANY AT AXIM

Skioptic icon hand painted light image with motifs of boats moored in the ice sea with people collection on ice floes.

Two trading vessels under sail, view of Mount Fuji in distance. From 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji', c1831. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Japanese Ukiyo-e artist. Seascape Japan Transport Trade Shipping Sail

Boat, 1881. By Henry Turner Munns

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