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Etching of a fortress shoreline, a sailing boat on choppy water, and a distant city skyline with a church spire.

Fort of St. Philip on the Shantz

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Engraving of sailors battling a storm and shipwreck, with Prospero and Miranda on a rocky shore and spirits in the clouds.

The Enchanted Island, Before the Cell of Prospero - Prospero and Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 1)

Benjamin Smith, originally published 1797; reissued 1852

Grey wash drawing of an octagonal city gate beside a canal, with trees, a rowing boat and figures on a bridge.

A View of the Wittevrouwenpoort, Utrecht

Dirk Verrijk, 1749-86

Etching of Rüdesheim on the Rhine with a moored sailing boat in the foreground and town towers along the bank.

Rüdesheim

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships and a rowing boat with figures on an estuary under a cloudy sky.

Various Ships and a Rowing Boat on an Estuary

Wigerus Vitringa, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with temples, a stone bridge over a river, and figures in a boat.

Classical Landscape with Temples (recto); Indecipherable sketch, possibly of a seated figure (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Etching of a castle on a riverbank with a crowded boat in the foreground and a distant town on the left.

Kelsterbach Castle near Höchst am Main

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Etching of a moored fishing boat with hanging sail and rigging on calm water, with a domed building at right.

Fishing Boat

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of sailing boats on a river with a fortified town and windmill on the far bank, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Schenkenschanz

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Etching of the castle and town of Ruhrort along a river, with a moored two-masted sailing boat in the foreground.

Ruhrort

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Etching of sailing boats on a river with the town of Emmerich and its church spire along the right bank.

Emmerich

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Etching of Rüsselsheim town along a riverbank, with a sailing boat and a rowing boat on the water.

Rüsselsheim

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642-44

Etched view of London across the Thames, with rowing boats in the foreground, city rooftops, church spires and a bridge.

London Viewed from the Milford Stairs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643-44

Etching of the Thames with boats, Whitehall's riverside buildings on the right, and Lambeth Palace across the water.

A view of Lambeth Palace from the river at Whitehall Stairs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643-44

Etching of sailing boats tossed on rough waves under a stormy sky, with a distant city skyline on the horizon.

Zuyder Zee

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1635

Etching of a large warship with billowing sails tossed among rough waves, with smaller ships and stormy clouds in the distanc

Warship in the Trough of a Wave

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of a bridge over a river with horsemen, a rowing boat in the foreground, and a stone tower on the right bank.

Strasbourg

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etched title page with a large ship's stern under a Latin cartouche, flanked by masted ships, cannons, crates and figures on

Title page: Dutch Ships

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of Dutch merchant ships with broad hulls and tall masts at anchor, with a rowboat in the foreground.

Dutch Freighters or Flutes (Naues Mercantoriæ Hollandicæ, vulgo VLIETEN)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of Dutch boyer sailing ships on choppy water under clouds, with flags and detailed rigging.

Boÿers (Dutch Cargo Ship)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of a Dutch merchant ship with full sails and rigging on choppy sea, with smaller ships and a distant town.

Naues Mercantoriæ Hollandicæ, vulgo, VLIET (A Dutch freighter)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of Dutch merchant ships in harbor, large vessel in foreground with ornate stern and tall masts, 1647.

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West Indiaman)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of a large Dutch East Indiaman under full sail beside warships and a small boat on a calm sea, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch East Indiaman)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of a three-masted Dutch warship under sail with flags flying, with smaller ships on the water beside it.

Dutch Warship (Nauis Bellica Hollandica)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of a stern view of a Dutch East Indiaman with carved galleries and lions on its coat of arms, beside a second ship.

Dutch East Indiaman

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of a crowded sailing vessel on choppy water, with a convoy boat at left and a city skyline with church towers at righ

The Brussels Packet

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Engraved title page showing a large ship burning with smoke and flames on the sea, with a small sailing ship at left.

Title page: The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1667

Etching of the Tower of London from the Thames, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground.

Tower of London

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Etching of sailing boats on a river beside gabled village houses, with a rowing boat and figures in the foreground.

Willebroeck bey Boom

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Etching of a river scene with three windmills, sailing boats, rowboats and a distant village church under a pale sky.

The Three Windmills

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651