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Dramatic Seascapes

Artistic renditions of tumultuous sea conditions and naval engagements, featuring boats navigating rough waters and dramatic weather. Includes etchings from various eras.

'The Exposure of Prince Edwin', (1810).Artist: Milton
'The Exposure of Prince Edwin', (1810).Artist: Milton
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First fatal balloon accident on 15 June 1785: the two French aeronauts Pilatre de Rozier and Pierre Romain died in Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais department when the balloon lost air and crashed while attempting to cross the English Channel. Aviation
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A maggot in an arable field. Engraving.
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Swallows, 1882. Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914). Etching; sheet: 42 x 33.1 cm (16 9/16 x 13 1/16 in.); platemark: 32.5 x 28.1 cm (12 13/16 x 11 1/16 in.).
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Wall painting of cupids playing, fishing, sailing from a cubiculum in the House of the Restaurant (Casa di Lupanare Piccolo) at 14, Regio IX, Insula V. Chromolithograph by J.G. Bach after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles Peintures de Pompei (The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii), Leipzig, 1881.
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EL NAUFRAGIO - 1793/1794 - 50 X 32 CM - HOJALATA. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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superstition mythical creatures giant squid attacking a ship wood engraving ""Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des mollusques"" by Pierre Denys de Montfort Paris 1801 - 1804 private collection,
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Woodblock engraving depicting the muse of Geometry. Dated 15th century
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The blasting of the Flood Rock in Hell Gate Canal at the Port of New York, USA, America, historical illustration, circa 1886, North America
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An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); after George Humphrey (English, 1773-1831); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1815. Dimensions: 255 × 358 mm (image); 262 × 365 mm (plate); 265 × 367 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Czech and Tym Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939); 1913 (1913-00-00-1913-00-00);
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Native Craft of Coconut Wood, No Nails are Used in its Construction, Ceylon, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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Luik, Gordinne, Ker, A. de, Mozambique, The Sahara, verso - stamped, Sheet with 2 representations. Top left a representation of inhabitants of Mozambique trying to catch a hippopotamus. Bottom right a representation of a caravan in the Sahara. Top right and bottom left panels with captions. The whole is surrounded by a decorative border. Numbered top right: No 190., print, folk print, folk prints, prints, height 399 mm, width 269 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1894 - 1959, paper, papier, kleurlithografie (process), letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher
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''The Proposed Monument in Memory of Christopher Columbus to be Erected at the Chicago Exhibition of 1892, to celebrate the Forth Centenary of the Discovery of America,' 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.
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Illustration showing man using a treadmill to raise stone blocks. 1896; Leipzig
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The geniuses of death
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Engraving depicting the balloon 'Geant' among the clouds. Dated 19th Century
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File...Moellon! Vla le municipal. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Riverside Extension. Frances Avery (1910-2006). Oil on canvas. 51.5 x 61cm.
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View of the diving operation at the scene of the Tay Bridge disaster. The engineer Thomas Bouch advocated the need for a bridge crossing the Tay for a number of years before building began in 1873. The bridge was said to be unstable, especially during bad weather conditions. On the 28th December 1879, during a treacherous weather conditions the Tay Bridge collapse killing over 75 passengers and staff. Bad workmanship and incorrect materials were blamed for the disaster and Bouch's reputation was
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Dead pioneers, illustration
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Historia Antigua. Egipto. El faraón en una cacería de hipopótamos. Grabado alemán de 1865.
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Fire of Leopoldstadt on October , Globatzhnig, lithograph
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His fist rose in the air as the other struggled to use his knife. Illustration by Archibald Webb, from Midshipman Rex Carew, V.C. by John S. Margerison. Published circa 1920.
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Storm at the Lake Ladoga, Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov, 1672-1725, Emperor of the Russian Empire, digitally optimized Storm at the Lake Ladoga, Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov, 1672-1725, Emperor of the Russian Empire, digitally optimized Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911469
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'Brittany ...', c1920. Artist: Unknown.
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Kickapoo Almanac.
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Jan van Kessel 'el Viejo' / 'Fishes and Seascape', ca. 1656, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 14 cm x 19 cm, P02750. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Les Génies de la Mort (Napoleon III). Artist: Edmond Guillaume, Belgian, 1826-1894
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Fiery eruption in the sea, Albert Flamen, 1672 print High flames and clouds above the water. On a banderole a motto in Latin and a caption in French, both about love. print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Qualities of Love: first series (+ emblematical representation of concept)
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'Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery', 1867. Artist: George du Maurier
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Wooding Up” on the Mississippi. Artist: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907 After: Frances Flora Bond Palmer, American, 1812-1876
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Nip and tuck. , Men, Kayaks, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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España. La mosca roja. Dibujo satírico sobre la situación política de España en Gibraltar y los protectorados de Ceuta y Tánger. Año 1883.
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Statue of Liberty. Poster showing immigrants on a ship's deck, sailing past the Statue of Liberty. color lithograph, 1917