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English & British

18,620 works

Watercolor of a grounded shipwreck hulk tilted on a sandy beach, with a broken spar and calm sea behind.

Hulk aground on beach

Pen and wash drawing of sailors hauling ropes to raise a long boom on a ship's deck, with rigging lines looped around it.

Sailors Raising a Boom

Pencil and watercolor study of a pollarded willow with a pale trunk and leafy regrowth branches spreading right.

Study of a Pollarded Tree - a Willow

Watercolor of a brown-sailed barge in choppy seas beside a jetty, with a tall ship and sailboats under a cloudy sky.

Sailing Barge at Sea

Watercolor study of rocks covered with green and brown seaweed against a pale background.

Study of Rocks Covered with Seaweed

Watercolor of sailing ships on choppy sea with a distant coastline, lighthouse and cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Off Whitby

Edward Duncan, 1870

Stone Mason

Brown ink and wash sketch of three fishermen working with timber, rope and barrels on a harbor shore with masts behind.

Study of Fishermen and Gear

Hand-colored print of a bay racehorse with a jockey in blue and white silks on an open landscape under cloudy sky.

aquatint by Edward Duncan after Charles Hancock

Edward Duncan, 1839

Engraved print of the bay racehorse Bay Middleton with jockey in striped silks, crossing an open landscape, 1836.

Bay Middleton. Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom 1836

Edward Duncan, 1836

Hand-coloured print of sailing ships and Chinese junks anchored in calm harbor water below a hazy mountain.

The Opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824

Edward Duncan, 1824

Print of a paddle steamer with British flags passing a rocky headland and mountains on a choppy sea.

The Bentinck

Edward Duncan, 1844

Night harbor scene of a three-masted ship beside a fiery explosion and smoke plume near a hillside town.

Edward Duncan - The Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri

Sepia wash drawing of Greenwich seen across the Thames, with a rowing boat with figures in the foreground and sailing ships.

Greenwich from Blackwall RMG PW6193

Watercolour of a fisherman in choppy sea beside a stake net, with gulls, sailing ships and a hillside town under a pale sky.

Off the Mumbles, South Wales RMG PY8409

Edward Duncan, 1860

Hand-coloured print of a frigate beside a harbour where a ship explodes in a column of smoke below a Gibraltar hillside town.

Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri at Gibraltar, Augt 26th 1843 RMG PW8029

Edward Duncan, 1843

Hand-coloured print of H.M.S. Winchester under full sail in rough sea, with a lighthouse on the horizon and stormy clouds.

H.M.S. Winchester RMG PY0825

Night harbour scene of a frigate with a burning ship and smoke plume beside a hillside town.

Edward Duncan - The Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri - Original

Hand-coloured print of the frigate Ariadne under full sail on rough grey sea, with other ships behind it.

HM Frigate Ariadne leaving St Helena, in July 1830 escorting HEIC ships RMG PY8462 (cropped)

Edward Duncan, 1832

Black and white print of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail with a small boat and other vessels nearby.

Falcon 1824

Edward Duncan, 1824

Hand-coloured print of the chestnut racehorse Velocipede with jockey in red and cream silks on an open racecourse.

Velocipede. Winner of the St. Leger at the York Spring Meeting. 1828

Edward Duncan, 1828

Hand-coloured print of a busy harbour at Whampoa with British ships, Chinese junks, rowing boats and figures on the bank.

Whampoa in China

Hand-coloured print of a flag-decked ship and crowds at the opening of St. Katharine Docks, London, 1828.

This Plate representing the Opening of the St. Katharine Docks, on Saturday the 25th of October 1828

Edward Duncan, 1829

Hand-colored print of a two-masted sailing ship entering a Mediterranean harbour past stone fortifications and small boats.

The Mary, Joshua Collings, Master, Entering the Harbour of La Valletta, in the Island of Malta, Dec. 5, 1835

Edward Duncan, 1835

Hand-coloured print of a sailing ship in Table Bay with Table Mountain and a harbour town behind it, 1829.

The 'Jessie' and 'Eliza Jane' in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1829

Edward Duncan, 1829

Engraving of the warship Caesar moored at a quay in Portsmouth, with sailors in the rigging and rowing boats in the water.

H.M. screw line-of-battle ship Caesar, 90 guns, at Portsmouth

Edward Duncan, 1854

Watercolor of the Gothic Victoria Tower with carriages and pedestrians on the street below, dated 1880.

Victoria Tower

Edward Duncan, 1880

Watercolour of sailing boats near a rocky island with choppy waves and a dramatic cloudy sky at dawn.

The Bass Rock at Dawn

Edward Duncan, 1855

Painting of the steamboat Pearl on grey-blue water with a red flag, and a small rowing boat with passengers in the foreground

The First Thames Steamboat: Pearl

Watercolor of two hunters with shotguns by a frozen pond, shooting at wild ducks in a snowy winter landscape with bare trees.

Wild Duck Shooting

Edward Duncan, 1825

Drawing of a sailing ship beside a fiery explosion and smoke plume over a harbour with buildings on the shore.

Edward Duncan - The Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri - Duncan's original drawing

Engraving of a three-masted warship with billowing sails among smaller boats on calm water at Spithead.

HMS Prince Regent at The British Fleet at Spithead in July 1853

Edward Duncan, 1853