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Etching of a river landscape with a fortified castle on a rocky cliff, a stone bridge, and boatmen in the foreground.

View of the Convent of the Barefooted Carmelites at Lyon

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Charcoal drawing of a steamship deck with smokestacks, rigging, a crate labeled Eaux-fortes de Guérard, a sleeping pug and a

Frontispiece to "Eaux-fortes de Guérard, Collection de Mr. S. P. [Samuel Putnam] Avery, New York"

Henri Charles Guérard, late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a village waterfront with gabled houses, a crowd gathered by a torch, and a boat at the right.

Distribution of the Catch by Night

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape of a river with a ruined arch, rocky banks, boats, and figures in the foreground, with birds overhead.

Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter

Jacob Pynas, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a tall-masted ship and rowboats moored in harbor water before a coastal town and cliffs.

Boats Moored Near Cliffs of Dover

T. H. Yudin, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a river town with sailing boats, church spires, a hilltop castle and figures on the banks.

Town by a Large Body of Water

Abraham Rademaker, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Pen and ink sketch of gabled houses along a waterfront with figures on the bank and a moored boat at right.

Houses by the Water

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Pen and gray wash drawing of a canal with a wooden hut, a fisherman with a rod, a rowboat, and trees.

Canal Landscape with a Fisherman

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river valley with rocky cliffs, a castle on a crag, boats on the water, and figures in the foregrou

River Landscape with Mountains

Herman Saftleven, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a river with a masted sailing boat and rowboat beside a densely wooded bank.

River Scene with Boats before a densely Wooded Bank

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Dutch Ship: The Tholen (?)

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1625-93

Pen and wash drawing of warships in battle, with gunsmoke rising around a central ship flying a flag on calm water.

Sea Fight

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pale brown wash drawing of a flat canal landscape with sailboats, a rowing boat of figures, windmills and a farmhouse.

Canal Landscape with Figures

Abraham de Verwer, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a three-masted warship at anchor with smaller ships on calm water.

Dutch Men of War at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of becalmed sailing boats on calm water with a figure holding a long pole on a sandbank.

Boats Becalmed

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with a rocky cliff, boats, and a town with church spires on the far bank.

View of Vienne on the Rhone

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, ca. 1587-89

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large Dutch warship under sail in choppy sea, with smaller boats nearby.

Dutch Men Of War

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a line of sailing ships on calm water, with a large ornate stern vessel in the foreground.

A Fleet

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river with boats, a large tree, and buildings along the banks.

River View in Italy

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Old Ship Model

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and ink sketches of sailing ships and small boats with masts and sails arranged in four rows on pale paper.

Studies of Ships and Boats

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Etching of two men in the foreground with tall-masted ships and a harbor view framed by a wooden beam and brick building.

Rotherhithe (Wapping)

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of Dutch sailing ships with flags and rowboats on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships on a Harbour

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship near a rocky coastline with cliffs and hills under a pale sky.

Coast Scene

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Etching of dark-sailed barges moored by a riverbank with trees and buildings, reflected in calm water.

Hurlingham

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a man in a rowboat on a still lake, holding a fishing rod while netting a fish, with trees on the shore.

Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake

Winslow Homer, 1889

The French Vessel "Courtisan"

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Engraving of a galleon in rough seas with a sea monster and mermaid, beside a walled harbor town under stormy clouds.

Landscape with a Ship and Jonah and the Whale

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a woman with a parasol on a beach, with a couple seated by a rowboat near the sea and grasses in the foreground.

On the Beach - Two are Company, Three are None, from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVI

Winslow Homer, August 17, 1872

Engraving of a reclining bearded river god with cornucopia, a she-wolf and two infants, framed by a border of boats and anima

The Tiber, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century