Historic Maritime Paintings

Artistic depictions of sailing ships and maritime scenes, illustrating the historical significance of naval transport on the seas.

The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar', William Clark, 1803-1883, British, 1836, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 24 1/4 × 36 inches (61.6 × 91.4 cm), boat, brig, checked, checkered, English, flags, lighthouse, marine art, men, merchantmen, ocean, pennants, sails, schooner, sea, seagulls, ships, sloop (sailing vessel)

The Ship John Duthie, Arthur Smith (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1814 - 1882)

A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot, Anderson, William, 1797.

John Thomas Serres, 1759-1825, British, A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea, undated. Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Wreck of the Steamship 'San Francisco' disabled on her voyage home from New York to San Francisco December 24 1853 and in sinking condition painted by F E Butterworth N Currier 1854.

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor 1854 Fitz Henry Lane (formerly Fitz Hugh Lane) American Influenced by the English-born, Boston-based painter Robert Salmon, Lane, early in his career, painted the ports and shipping vessels of Boston; of his native Gloucester, Massachusetts; and, for a time in the early 1850s, of New York City. The clipper ship Golden State was built in New York in 1852 and, as its name suggests, plied the seas around Cape Horn to California when overland travel across the North American continent was still unreliable and before the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 made it no longer necessary to take such an extensive southern detour. The skyline of New York, as seen from New Jersey, is delineated in the background.. The Golden State Entering New York Harbor 11395

Brig Antelope in Boston Harbor, Fitz Henry Lane, 1863, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass, USA, North America

The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar', William Clark, 1803-1883, British, 1836, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 24 1/4 × 36 inches (61.6 × 91.4 cm), boat, brig, checked, checkered, English, flags, lighthouse, marine art, men, merchantmen, ocean, pennants, sails, schooner, sea, seagulls, ships, sloop (sailing vessel)

Lt. Paul Sandby, ca. 1820, Goat Hill and Ships, ca. 1820. Gray wash, graphite, with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, blued white laid paper.

Thomas Daniell, 1749-1840, British, active in India, Two Moored Ships and a Fishing Boat, ca. 1789. Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Aquatint of the passage of The Sound, Nelson's division leading the Fleet past the Castle at Elsinore. Print by R. Dodd. Dated 1801

Sailing ships on turbulent water off the coast, Willem Gruyter jr., After Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1827 - 1880 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen / brush sea (seascape). sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Monarch, Steam Trawler, J Bourne (active c. 1890 - 1914) 1899

The Berenguela passing through the Suez Canal, ca.1914. Spain. By Alejandro Arias Salgado. This frigate participated in the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. It was the first Spanish warship to pass through the canal, bound for the Philippines. At one point, Captain Alejandro Arias Salgado found himself obliged to offload the ship's artillery as its draught was too deep. Camels towed it the rest of the way to the Red Sea (from 2nd to 17th December, 1869). Naval Museum. Madrid. Spain.

'Puritan' Racing Off of Staten Island ca. 1885 James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894 American) Oil on board

Fishing Fleet leaving port in 1880's America

The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig Signed and dated, lower right: "W. Clark 1836", William Clark, 1803-1883, British

Middle age. Carrack. Three-masted ocean-goig sailing. 14th-15th century.

Joseph Cartwright, c.1789-1829, British, Single Brig () Another Sailing Vessel Against Outline of City on Background, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, beige, wove paper.

U.S. steam gun boat "Chippewa", 1861

Lithograph of the British Fleet in the Baltic. The Cumberland and other ships provisioning at sea. Lithograph by Day and Son. Dated 1854

The Prince of Wales landing at Quebec. From a sketch by G.H. Andrews.

HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland - Samuel Atkins, 1794

Samuel Atkins, active 1787-1808, British, active in the East Indies (1796-1804), A Trading Brig Preparing to Set Sail on the Thames, Warships Running Down the Estuary Beyond, between 1787 and 1808. Watercolor, pen, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

AN OLD-TIME SEA-FIGHT. J.O. DAVIDSON

Sailing fishing vessel at sea, Cornelis Thim, 1805 drawing paper. ink pen / brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat. sea (seascape)

The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Francis Holman, 1760-1790, British

Swedish brik at sea, Jan Brandes, 1787 drawing Color drawing over two pages of a sailing ship. Once with the sails over port and one time about starboard (this time without a Swedish flag). Stack clouds and blue sky, white -blue sea. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 62-63. Atlantic Ocean paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat Sweden

Ships in a Turbulent Sea, Johannes Christiaan Schaellel, 1826 painting Ships on a boisterous sea. On the left a warship, in the foreground a Blankenberg barge. canvas. oil paint (paint) sea (seascape). sailing-ship, sailing-boat. storm at sea

Rescue of a ship in front of the harbour entrance of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 1869, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Shipping in the English Channel, Charles Brooking, 1723-1759, British, ca. 1755, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm), boats, clouds, cutter (sailing vessel), flags, frigates, marine art, sea, seascape, shipping, ships, sloop (sailing vessel), England, English Channel, Europe, United Kingdom

Fitting out a pirat boat. 1785. Madrid, private collection. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sailing ships for a port, c. 1825 - c. 1875 Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets. j: paper. pencil. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets. j: paper. pencil. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush

English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze. Date/Period: Ca. 1752. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 381 mm (15 in); Width: 584 mm (22.99 in). Author: Charles Brooking.

Painting of a sailing ship in front of Cape Town, National Museum of Culture, Pretoria, South Africa, Africa

Sailing boats at night time, 20th century. Artist: Unknown

George Stephenson (1781-1848). British engineer and principal inventor of the railroad locomotive. Made by George Setphenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, the Locomotion No. 1 was the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

The fleet of Peter I by Lanceray (Lansere), Evgeny Evgenyevich (1875-1946)/ MICEX Museum, Moscow/ 1909/ Russia/ Tempera on canvas/ Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen./ History

Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze. Date/Period: 1830. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 324 mm (12.75 in); Width: 432 mm (17 in). Author: Joseph Stannard.

Galeras españolas del siglo XVI en la época de Carlos V. Grabado de 1890.

Brig Off the Maine Coast. Fitz Henry Lane (United States, Massachusetts, Gloucester, 1804-1865). United States, 1851. Paintings. Oil on canvas

John William Burgon, 1813 -1888, British, Sailboats on the Nile, between 1861 and 1862. Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, wove paper mounted on board.

Painting by W Leask showing the port side of St Rognvald (I), William Leask (Scotland, 1886 - 1899) 1885

United States mail steamship "Pacific" at Sea

View of Sheerness, François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772-1839, French, active in Britain, undated, Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper, Sheet: 6 3/8 x 12 inches (16.2 x 30.5 cm), marine art, river, ships, waves (natural events), England, Kent, Medway, Sheerness, Sheppey, United Kingdom

Ships in the harbor, Naples, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, 1880.

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Rotterdam Ferry Boat, 1833 Rotterdam Ferry-Boat

The Kent was an East Indiaman, a vessel sailing for the British East India Company, and launched in 1820. She completed two voyages to Bombay and China for the Company and was on her third voyage, to Bengal and China, when a fire at in the Bay of Biscay destroyed her. Her captain for all three voyages was Henry Cobb

HMS 'Victoria', Royal Navy 121 gun warship, c1859 (c1890-c1893).Artist: William Frederick Mitchell

The German Three-Masted Barque Ceres, Jacobsen, Antonio Nicolo Gaspa, 1900.

Pacific Coast Steamship Company's Steamer: State of California,

The Wellington. Captain James Liddelle off Dover, August 1839.

Ships near The Coast in Windy Weather. Ships off the coast at big breeze. On the left a harbor head, sail a few smaller barges and sloops on the water, in the distance are larger ships for anchor.

Port Mahon, Minorca, Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718-1730, British, active in Naples, ca. 1735, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm), barges (flat-bottomed watercraft), bay (body of water), beach, boats, buildings, carriages, carts, feluccas, galleys (watercraft), harbor, hills, horses (animals), island, landscape, lateen rigs, lateen sails, marine art, mountains, people, port, sand, sea, ships, shore (landform), Baleares, Balearic Islands, Mahon, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages. They were found, and in lesser numbers are still found, throughout South-East Asia and India, but primarily in China, perhaps most famously in Hong Kong.

RMS Arabia passenger ship, 1851, United Kingdom, drawing.

A Clipper Under Full Sail by Montague J. Dawson, (1895-1973)Felix Rosenstiel's Widow & Son Ltd

Whaling. Right whaling in Behring Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties. Colored engraving 1871

The Alerte ship locked in by ice in the Arctic at Cape Bechey, 1875.

In the center is a large sailing ship. Also sailing and lying around are several smaller ships and a rowing boat. On the left bank a smoking chimney. View of Alkmaar from the Bierkade, print maker: Bernardus Gerardus ten Berge, (mentioned on object), printer: Emrik & Binger, (mentioned on object), print maker: Alkmaar, printer: Haarlem, 1845 - 1875, paper, h 315 mm × w 470 mm

Japan/Ryukyu Islands: 'The Port of Naha', Okinawa, Perry Expedition, 1853

A yacht built for the Prince of Orange-Nassau. Draughtsman: Willem van de Velde (I). Draughtsman: Willem van de Velde (II). Dating: 1663. Measurements: h 313 mm × w 398 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Flying defender - Yacht Racing - 1895 America's Cup - Defender surges ahead with full sails

Into the Wind by J.H. Moerman

Mayflower, victorious U.S. defender of the America's Cup Yacht Race in 1886 against English challenger Galatea.

Valkyrie II, Vigilant - Near the Finish line, October 13, 1893. Valkyrie II loses a spinnaker. America's Cup Yacht Race

River view. River face. Different larger and small boats on the water, on the left a ferry full of people.

Swinging Along the Racer by Montague J. Dawson, 1895-1973Felix Rosenstiel's Widow & Son Ltd

Ships near a Pier, Bonaventura Peeters (I), 1635 - 1652

The fleet of Peter I by Lanceray (Lansere), Evgeny Evgenyevich (1875-1946) MICEX Museum, Moscow 1909 Russia Tempera on canvas Painting History

Model wedding boat from Juliana and Bernard in 1937. Model wedding boat from Juliana and Bernard. The boat is decorated with flagsr

The Passage Boat. Date/Period: Ca. 1650 - 1650. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 124 cm (48.8 in); Width: 144.4 cm (56.8 in). Author: Aelbert Cuyp.

A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century CE. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages. They were found, and in lesser numbers are still found, throughout South-East Asia and India, but primarily in China, perhaps most famously in Hong Kong.

Ships at Anchor on the Coast, Willem van de Velde (II), c. 1660 painting Ships under the coast for anchor, including a yacht from the West India Company, witness the WIC sign on the flag on the stern. Fishing ships and rowing boats left and right. canvas. oil paint (paint) sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Sketch of a ship's hull ..

A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River, Charles Brooking, 1723-1759, British, between 1756 and 1759, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 14 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (36.8 x 62.2 cm), boats, city, marine art, men, river, sailboats, seamen, ships, sloop (sailing vessel)

U.S.S. Pensacola and the C.S.S. GovernorMoore. Artist: Worden Wood, American, 1880-1943

The Galley Flagship of Fra' Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Anonymous

LITOGRAFIA S XIX-PUERTO DE LA HABANA-BARCO DE VELA. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Advertisement for Martell Cognac, featuring a ship at sea, powered by sail and steam, of the kind used to export the product in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition. This advertisement appeared at the time of the Festival of Britain, 100 years later. 1951

Yachts off St. Macquarie 1866. September 14, 1935.

Rough Seas by James E. Buttersworth, oil on canvas, (1817-1894), USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David David Gallery

Sir Ernest Shackleton's (1874-1922) ship, the Nimrod, among the ice in McMurdo's Sound, the winter land quarter of the British Antarctic Expedition.

NAVIO DE 74 CAÑONES CON TODO SU APAREJO. Author: RAFAEL MONLEON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

View of Sevilla (detail of a carriage crossing the bridge with its guards). 16th century. Madrid, American museum. Spain. Author: Attributed to SANCHEZ COELLO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ships at Anchor on the Coast. Dating: c. 1660. Measurements: h 56.5 cm × w 64 cm; d 7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Willem van de Velde (II).

The Freshening Trades by Montague J. Dawson, (1895-1973)Felix Rosenstiel's Widow & Son Ltd

Figures and Boats on the Thames. Painting. Watercolor. Height: 346 mm (13.62 in); Width: 943 mm (37.12 in). Author: Samuel Scott.

Morning on the Hudson, circa 1889

Colour woodblock print depicting a Dutch Ship of the Dutch East India Company. Dated 1860

Clipper ship Three Brothers, The largest sailing ship in the world. 1875

The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858 1865-66 Robert Charles Dudley British One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks. Two working cables were finally laid in July and September 1866, the result of repeated efforts by the indefatigable Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, two groups of financial backers, and significant help from the British and United States navies. Dudley documented the process in a series of watercolors and oils, this example showing showing the cable fleet arriving in Newfoundland after successfully splicing two en

The Canton System (1757-1842) served as a means for China to control trade with the west within its own country. Seen from the European view, it was a complement to the Old China Trade. Despite Chinese efforts to restrict European traders and citizens to Macau, European trade spread throughout China. The Canton System supported European traders' with China. It also forced large amounts of direct trade between European merchants and Chinese civilians. Instead, the Europeans, generally employees of major trading companies (most importantly the British East India Company) had to trade with an association of Chinese merchants known as the Cohong. The emperor appointed an official called the Hoppo (the spelling at the time of 部, Hubu, which was short for 粵海關部, Yuehaiguanbu), to take charge and collect taxes from the goods traded. The hoppo was responsible for merchant relations on behalf of the Qing court. It was an important position since Western merchants were not allowed to communicate

Cover view of a VOC ship to the large mast. Color drawings of the deck of an East India with centrally the big mast. Sailors climb in the because. To see: ruigage, rolling horses, barrels, a deck hatch, a part of the crossed sail. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 1 (1808), p. 231.

Turkey, 20th century. Istanbul Port. Engraving, 1910.

Naval ships - United States Navy screw sloop of war USS Housatonic, 1861. Color illustration

Shipping Off the Coast of Holland, Powell, Arthur James Emery (1864-1956/American)

H.M. Trawler 'strathalladale' A189, D. Clark (Scotland) World War 1

Ship in Water, Anonymous, 1860 - 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard ships (in general). landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Ships off the coast. Ships under the coast. Seascape with a warship and a few smaller ships.

Kuhwaerderhafen, Hamburg, Germany, postcard with text, view around ca 1910, historical, digital reproduction of a historical postcard, public domain, from that time, exact date unknown, Europe

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