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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Loose watercolor of a Venetian-style canal with pale buildings, dark boats on the water, and an obelisk under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Watercolor of a calm bay with wooded cliffs, a hilltop building at right, a rowing boat, and a distant mountain.

On the Gulf of Salerno near Vietri

John Robert Cozens, September 1782 or later

Engraving of a shoreline battle with men pulling a figure into a boat, warriors with swords, and a classical temple at right.

The Abduction of Helen; battle scene on shore with two men pulling Helen into a boat at center

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27, published by Rossi in 1649

Watercolor and graphite seaport with masted ships, hazy buildings on the right, and figures on the quay in the foreground.

Seaport after Claude Lorraine (recto); Indecipherable sketch (verso)

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1840-1906

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy beach with sailboats on choppy sea, strollers on the sand, and a lighthouse on dunes.

The Beach at Scheveningen (?), with Strollers

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1775-1825

Engraving of Cupid rowing a boat made from his quiver across waves, with a banderole inscription above in an oval frame.

Eros Escaping by Sea; Cupid using his bow to propel a boat made from his quiver with an arrow as the mast and his bli…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Grey wash drawing of a warship firing a cannon, smoke rising, with smaller boats on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Marine, the Cannon Shot

Johannes Christiaan Schotel

Engraving of the Argonauts' ship at sea with sea nymphs, allegorical figures and radiating clouds, in black and white.

Birth of the Dauphin, Toulouse, 1682: Capture of the Golden Fleece

Jacques LePautre, 1682

Engraved night view of Paris festivities on the Seine, with fireworks, fountains, illuminated buildings and crowds in boats.

Marriage of Louise-Élisabeth of France and Don Philip of Spain, Paris, August 29, 1739

Jacques-François Blondel, 1740

Colored bird's-eye print of the Brooklyn Bridge with fireworks, balloons, and sailing ships on the East River at night.

Bird's-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and Grand Display of Fireworks on Opening Night...May 24,…

Watercolor of a river lined with old buildings, moored sailing boats with masts, and figures on the quay under a pale sky.

River at Norwich

Thomas Girtin, early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of ancient galleys in battle, with rowers, armored warriors on decks, and a faint blue grid overlay.

Antique Naval Battle (recto); A Battle Scene (verso)

Lattanzio Gambara, ca. 1550-55

Etching of a river landscape with a hilltop town, sailing boats, fishermen in a rowboat, and trees on a rocky bank.

View of the Water Along the Route from Sienna to Rome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1773

Engraving of Eros rowing a quiver-boat with his bow across waves, arrow as mast, Latin banderole above.

Eros escaping by sea using his bow to propel a boat made from his quiver with an arrow as the mast and his blindfold…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a small boat with rowers and passengers on rough sea near a rocky arch and a distant sailing ship.

The Bark

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Etching of a ferry crossing a river near a stone bridge and tower, with a hilltop town and mountains behind and travellers in

Garigliano Passage (Italy)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1793

Engraving of a nude man gesturing toward a foundering ship in stormy waves, watched by a group of onlookers at right.

A group of figures at right witnessing a shipwreck

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a wooden bridge, thatched cottages, a woman with buckets, and a boatman under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Canal, Rijswijk

Jacob Maris, second half 19th century

Etching of a river with a stone bridge, ruined castle tower, watermill, figures on a jetty, rowboats and dense trees.

View of the Château de Sainte-Colombe in Dauphiné

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1800

Brown ink drawing of a palace garden with an arched gateway, fountains, colonnades, statues, and towers.

View of the Gardens of a Palace

Lodewijk Toeput, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pen drawing of a Gothic church with spires beside a busy harbor with boats, a crane, cargo, and cloudy sky.

The Church and the Port

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1869

Etching of a wooden boat on a riverbank with figures, logs, and a castle and church spire behind.

The Construction Site, in Savigny

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Pen and brown ink elevation drawing of an ornamental fountain with arches, statues in niches, and a central ship sculpture.

Design after a Fountain in the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1600

Hand-colored print of New York harbor from Brooklyn Heights, with paddle steamers, sailing ships and city buildings along the

View of New York from Brooklyn Heights

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1849

Etching of a river scene with a covered barge, rowing boats, a crowd on the bank, and a fortified hilltop town.

Papal Promenade Along The Saône

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1805

Pen drawing of figures hauling a boat ashore in a gale, with a wind-bent tree and a stone tower on the coast.

Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770-79

Painted river landscape with a fisherman standing in a rowboat beside rocks, framed by dense trees under a cloudy sky.

A wooded river landscape with a fisherman in a boat

the younger Benjamin Barker, 1826

Etching of a riverside customs house with arches, a tower, figures on the shore, boats with barrels, and a distant town.

View of Old Customs House in Rome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Pen and brown ink drawing of a canal with moored boats, wooden buildings, and trees reflected in the water.

Landscape with a Canal in the Foreground

Johannes Leupenius, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with an arched portico, fountain, statue, tall trees and a boat on a pool.

Landscape with Architecture

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.