Historic Maritime Scenes

Engravings depicting various historic ships in ports, showcasing bustling maritime activity with intricate details of boats and waterfronts.

Sailing vessels locked in the frozen river at Shad Thames. Date: 1855
Sailing vessels locked in the frozen river at Shad Thames. Date: 1855
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Ships and sloops in the port of Livorno, Anonymous, After Stefano della Bella, 1655 print View of the port of Livorno with a Galeischip on the right that the port inland shipping. In the foreground men in sloops and port workers at work. On the left different ships in the harbor and a wall with a viewpoint. paper etching harbour. ships (in general). dock labourer Livorno
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Ships for walking by Houbigant
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Etching by Matheus de Sallieth depicting the ports of Harlingen and Zierikzee. Created around 1780, illustrating maritime infrastructure and vessel activity.
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Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India. Wood engraving, 1863.
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The docks were opened on the 5th April 1847, with a great number of people coming to view the event. Steamers crossed from Birkenhead to Liverpool and back again for the whole day and carried thousands. It cost 2d a head for this ride. Date: 10th April 1847
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Engraving depicting the loading of railway wagons on to the ferry which linked Granton and Burntisland on the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway. Dated 19th century
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Roman Military Ship, Engraving, A. Friese, 1819
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A prison ship in the River Thames at Deptford: rowing boats convey prisoners between land and the ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout.
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'The Tennessee at Chattanooga', 1872. Cargo boats on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872
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HMS Challenger in Betsy Cove Kerguelan Island in Indian Ocean, coloured engraving from At Anchor, 1878, by J.J. Wild, the expedition's official artist. State-funded voyage of scientific research and oceanic exploration in 1872-76
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The port of Pola in 1880, today Pula in Croatia, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century painting
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Arrival in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: The Cable Passed to the Paddle-box Boat of the Terrible, etc. 1866 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 the Terrible bringing the cable to shore in Newfoundland after the Great Eastern's arrival on July 28, 1866. In 1892 Field donate
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View of Willem IIIs Encampment at Bodegraven, Valentijn Klotz (Manner of) ,, 1672 drawing View of Prince Willem's quarter in Bodegraven on the Oude Rijn, on August 29, 1672. The drawing was made from the river or other side and shows the princely hunt for the water for some tents of the camp. The mention of the subject, date and location is written by hand on the back of the drawing. Bodegraven paper. ink. pencil brush / pen river bank. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. river bank. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Bodegraven
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England/UK: 'State Barges on the Bridgewater Canal', engraving, The Illustrated London News, 18 October 1851
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Australia. Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880. Dock at Hobson's bay. Engraving by Ovejero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1880.
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The binding track Stockholm.
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View of the River Neva in Sint-Petersburg seen from the west side; Vista de la Neva, Hazia El Oriente, Entre El Lugar de las Galeras a Petersbourg. Ships and boats sail on the water. Left below numbered: E 4.
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PLEASURE BOATS ON THE ORNAMENTAL WATER IN REGENT'S PARK
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View of the Port des Invalides in Paris with the end of the Paris Fegat on February 18, 1761, Jacques Gabriel Huquier, 1761 - 1805 print The ship is launched without masts. There are several boats with spectators on the water. publisher: Parisprint maker: France paper. watercolor (paint) etching / brush harbour. ships (in general). rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. bridge in city across river, canal, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) Paris. Seine. Port of Invalides
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Emperor Nicholas II visiting his Yacht 'Polestar' by Beggrov, Alexander Karlovich (1841-1914) Private Collection 1908 Russia Watercolour on paper Painting History
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Engraving depicting of the H.M.S. 'Termagant' passing English narrows. Dated 1860
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An East Indiaman Moored, Small Boats Alongside, Other Boats Further Off, Samuel Prout, 1783-1852, British, undated, Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper, Sheet: 7 9/16 x 10 3/16 inches (19.2 x 25.8 cm), boats, dock, East Indiaman, ladder, lantern (lighting device), marine art, men, pole, rope, sailboats, sails, sea, seamen, ship
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Oxford and Cambridge Universities Boat-Race: the start from Putney, south London, 1869. Rowing match on the Thames between the two University crews of Oxford and Cambridge, which '...resulted once more in the victory of the Oxford boat - for the ninth time in so many successive years...The tide was a neap tide, and three quarters up; the towing-path on the Surrey side was crowded with people; thirteen large steam-boats and eight steam-tugs, with several private yachts, and hundreds of row-boats and wherries, lay close to the Aqueduct; among these were the steamer Lotus, the umpire's boat, wi
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Spain, Aragon, Saragossa province. Imperial Canal on the Jalon River. It was built in the 18th century, being the most representative in the construction of the Imperial Canal of Aragon. Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Sierra. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Aragon, 1866.
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On the quay at Cork, emigrants wait to sail to the Americas. 1851
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Lockport Erie Canal New York USA, After a nineteenth century print, engraved by W Tombleson after W H Bartlett, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a nineteenth century original, Record date not stated
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Transporting artillery by boat across the river Beas, Himachal Pradesh. Coloured lithograph after Alexander Jack, c. 1847.
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Two Boats (Een Amsterdammer Lichter, Een Wieringer Lichter”). Artist: Reinier Nooms, Dutch, 1623-1664
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A Race on the Mississippi. Dimensions: Image: 8 in. × 12 1/2 in. (20.3 × 31.7 cm)Sheet: 9 15/16 in. × 14 in. (25.3 × 35.6 cm). Lithographer: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857-1907). Date: 1870.Two steamships, Eagle and Diana, race from left to right on the Mississippi River. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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An engraving depicting a view of London Bridge, showing the busy traffic of barges and paddle steamers on the River Thames. Dated 19th century
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MONTREAL, STEAMER PASSING LOCKS, AND UNLOADING SHIPS BY ELECTRIC LIGHT, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING
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Sailing ships in the harbour, 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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First boat built on the Western waters, 1812. Lloyd, James T.. Illustrations. 1856. Rare Book Division. Mississippi River Valley , History , 1803-1865, Steamboats , United States
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THE 'PHILADELPHIA,' MISSISSIPPI STEAMER
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Boats on river by Albrecht Adam, Oil on paper, 1815, 1786-1862, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 21x30
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Rescuers search in vain for survivors, following the collapse of the Tay railway bridge in a gale, while a train was crossing it. Date: 28 December 1879
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Catastrophe May 5 / On the railway (left bank) between Paris and Versailles (IT)
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A paddle steamer at Silver Springs, Florida, where 150 springs form the source of the Silver River Date: circa 1860
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WINDSOR, FROM DECK OF TRANSFER STEAMER, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING
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Steamship launched at the Robert Napier & Sons shipyard at Govan, Glasgow. At the time she is the largest steamship afloat and wins the 'Blue Riband' in 1856. Date: 3 July 1855
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Entrance to the port of Kiel in Friedrichsort according to F. Hohenberg . A clip from a German magazine. Destruct Brend'amour, Franz Robert Richard (1831 1915), Hohenberg, F.
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Frozen IJ at Amsterdam; Sailing to the Y in Amsterdam. Winter face at Amsterdam. People walk on the frozen ice. On the left a dike and ships in the ice.
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James Rouse, active 1817, South View of Worthing taken at Sea.
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Life at sea, 1850 - 1881 print Leaf with 9 performances of different ships and sailors. Under each performance a two -way verse. Numbered at the top right: No. 4. Leiden paper letterpress printing seaman: sailor. ships (in general)
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The port of Galveston viewed from the sea, with a rather odd-looking steamboat in the foreground. Date: 1845
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Dutch warships perished between 10-15 May 1940, c. 1945 - c. 1960 print Magazine with nine Dutch warships that perished between 10 and 15 May 1940. Partly brought to sinking by German attacks, partly by its own crew .. The naval ships: Johan Maurits van Nassau, Z 3, Van Galen, Hydra, Pieter Florisz, Abraham van van der Hulst, Noord-Brabant, Friso, Brinio and Bulgia. Under the ships ships, a two -line quote and a text stating when and how the ship fell. Part of a group of three plates. Netherlands paper. watercolor (paint) printing
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THE ATTEMPTED BALLOON VOYAGE ACROSS THE CHANNEL
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San Francisco in 1849 Henry Firks (19th C.- American)
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Busy wharf scene, New York City in early 19th Century
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Midnight Race on the Mississippi. Dimensions: Image: 9 in. × 13 1/4 in. (22.8 × 33.6 cm)Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 13/16 in. (27.6 × 35.1 cm). Lithographer: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857-1907). Publisher: S.L. Thorpe of The Home Companion. Date: 1875.Two steamboats, Memphis and the James Howard, race from right to left on the Mississippi River in the moonlight. This print appears with the following text: "Given to subscribers to the Home Companion. Published by S.L. Thorpe, Cleveland, Ohio.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Mud mill and mud shuffles; A mud mill and some mud shakes; Different ships and cityscapes from Amsterdam, third part; Third part. Different ships and sights of Amsterdam, Naer t Leven scored and opt Cooper, by Reinier Nooms, Alias Zeeman. A ship with a mud mill on it, also called dredging shit, removes mud from channel. Three mud shuffles drain mud.
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Two ships: a raft and a coaster; A floss, a coaster; Different ships and cityscapes from Amsterdam, third part; Third part. Different ships and sights of Amsterdam, Naer t Leven scored and opt Cooper, by Reinier Nooms, Alias Zeeman. A raft with two cabins and four men. In addition, a coaster. In the background a coaster in use: a large ship is drawn obliquely to be able to perform repairs and maintenance on the underwater ship. On the left a shipyard with a ship under construction.
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Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Burning of the Lebanon Valley Railroad bridge by the rioters. Pennsylvania, Woodcut, 1877
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A steamboat enters the harbour at Ramsgate, Kent Date: 1817
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The Clyde from Port Glasgow. Sir Spencer Stanley (1891-1959). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1945. 20 x 30in
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Unloading boats in the harbour. Date: 1863
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NAUTILUS CANOE Date: circa 1880
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Oxford begins to lead. 1882
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Troopship publication: The Pakeha, 1914-1917, maker unknown.