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Cleveland Museum of Art

45 works

Etching of a rowboat on a riverbank, a seated man on a barge at right, and a windmill across the water.

Boats on a River, Windmill in Distance

Cornelius Varley, 1809

Lithograph of a steel shipyard crane over a warship in a harbor basin, with workers on barges in the foreground water.

The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals; Building Ships: A Fitting Out Basin

Muirhead Bone, 1917

Brown ink landscape drawing of a river with a sailing boat carrying figures, framed by trees, with distant boats and building

River Landscape with Boats

Annibale Carracci, c. 1590

Etching of two beached fishing boats on a riverbank, one under a tarpaulin, with trees, a jetty and a distant sailboat.

Two Beached Fishing Boats

Cornelius Varley, 1809

Watercolor and pencil seascape of a two-masted ship and sailboat near a lighthouse on a hillside coast under cloudy skies.

Ships near the Trieux River

Paul Signac, 1925

Charcoal drawing of fishing boats pulled up on a beach, one with a tall mast, under a pale sky.

Fishing Boats on the Beach at Étretat

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, August 1865

Pen and wash drawing of several sailing ships on rough sea, one large ship listing steeply in the foreground.

Ships

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1650-1700

Grey pencil drawing of a stone tower by willow trees, with three men in a rowboat on a misty river.

The Lonely Tower (Castle on a River with Willows and a Boat)

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of a beached wooden rowboat beside a shed and dark wooden stakes on a sandy shore under a warm sky.

Boat on a Beach, Le Tréport

François Bonvin, 1854

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two sailing ships on rough sea under a cloudy sky with sunbeams.

Ships at Sea

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1600s

Lithograph of a shipyard seen from a crane, with a hanging hook, steel girders, scaffolding, ships and a distant city.

The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals; Building Ships: A Shipyard Seen from a Big Crane

Muirhead Bone, 1917

Grey wash drawing of fishermen in boats with tall sails on a calm river under a cloudy sky.

River Landscape with Fisherman and Three Boats

Albertus van Beest, second third 19th century

Engraving of Saint Martin with a horse on a ship, surrounded by boats, grotesque figures, and a walled city on the shore.

Saint Martin with His Horse on a Ship

Johannes I van Doetecum, c. 1561

Etched print of a boat with huge bird-wing sails on a river, with a stilt house and tropical plants in the background.

A Boat That Has for Sails the Wings of a Huge Bird

Filippo Morghen, about 1769

Etched print of a giant pumpkin fitted with a mast and sail, sailing on water with reeds and birds.

A Pumpkin Used as a Fishing Boat

Filippo Morghen, about 1769