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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,292 works

Sepia print of sailing ships battling rough waves beside a wooden pier under a dramatic, cloudy sky.

Ships in a Breeze, part II, plate 10 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, February 20, 1808

Sepia print of a three-masted ship and small sailboat on rough seas under a stormy sky, with seagulls.

The Leader Sea Piece, part IV, plate 20 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, March 29, 1809

Sepia print of a sunset over choppy sea with two sailing boats, figures on a sandy beach, and wreckage in the foreground.

The Mildmay Sea-Piece, part VIII, plate 40 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, February 11, 1812

Sepia print of sailing boats on calm water under a hazy sky, with seagulls and a rowing boat with figures in the foreground.

Calm, part IX, plate 44 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, April 23, 1812

Sepia engraving of sailing boats in rough waves at a harbour entrance, with a large ship and distant church spires.

Entrance of Calais Harbour, part XI, plate 55 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1816

Sepia print of men unloading boats on a rough Scottish shore, with a sailing ship and distant castle under stormy clouds.

Inverary Castle and Town, Scotland, part XIII, plate 65 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1816

Sepia etching of beached sailing boats, horse carts and figures on a tidal shore with a distant castle under clouds.

Scene on the French Coast (Liber Studiorum, part I, plate 4)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 11, 1807

Sepia etching of a stormy mountain lake with lightning, sailboats, and figures struggling with a cart on the shore.

Lake of Thun, Swiss (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 15)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 10, 1808

Sepia engraving of a stormy Yorkshire coast with cliffs, a lighthouse, a wrecked ship and figures on rocks.

Coast of Yorkshire, Near Whitby (Liber Studiorum, part V, plate 24)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1811

Sepia print of a sunset seascape with sailing boats, figures on a beach, an anchor and wooden barrels in the foreground.

The Mildmay Sea-Piece (Liber Studiorum, part XIII, plate 40)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, February 11, 1812

Sepia etching of a castle on a hill above a lakeside town, with trees, figures on a pier, and rowing boats on the water.

Ville de Thun, Switzerland (Liber Studiorum, part XII, plate 59)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1816

Etching of a river scene with a stone bridge, women and a child, a figure wading in water, a rowboat, and a cart.

Water Cress Gatherers ( (Liber Studiorum, part XIII)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1819

Brown ink print of boats and figures on a shore with trees at left and a sailing ship on the right horizon.

Inverary Castle and Town, Scotland (Liber Studiorum, part XIII)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1816

Engraving of a large Dutch hulk sailing through rough waves beside a smaller boeier, with a city skyline and clouds behind.

A Dutch Hulk and a Boeier from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Engraving of an armed three-masted ship with billowing sails beside a galley on rough open sea.

Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea Accompanied by a Galley from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of an armed four-masted sailing ship on choppy sea, with clouds above and a coastal town on the distant horizon.

Armed Four-Master Sailing Towards a Port from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of an armed three-masted ship with billowing sails beside a smaller galley on rough open sea.

Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea Accompanied by a Galley, from the series Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of an armed four-masted ship putting out to sea past a fortified city, with a small sailboat on rough waves.

Armed Four-Master Putting Out to Sea from The Sailing Vessels

Frans Huys, ca. 1555-56

Engraving of galleys and a three-masted ship at sea beneath clouds with a sun chariot and Jupiter figure.

Two Galleys Sailing Behind an Armed Three-Master with Phaeton and Jupiter in the Sky, from the series of Ships

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of an armed three-masted ship anchored near a walled city, with smaller boats and rowers in the water.

Armed Three-Master Anchored Near a City from The Sailing Vessels

Frans Huys, ca. 1555-56

Engraving of St. Anthony tempted by demons, with a giant fish-monster, boats on a river and a village in the distance.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1556

Engraving of three sailing ships anchored near a fortified island with a tower, rowboats and billowing clouds.

Four-Master (Left) and Two Three-Masters Anchored near a Fortified Island with a Lighthouse from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of an allegorical figure labeled Spes amid a flood, with people fleeing on rooftops and boats in rough water.

Hope (Spes), from "The Virtues"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559-60

Hand-colored panoramic print of New York city showing a fountain park, busy avenues, church spires and a harbor full of ships

New-York (Union Square, Looking South)

C. Bachman, 1850

Watercolor of a sailing warship with crew on deck and a whale surfacing in rough sea beside its hull.

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of an old frigate hulk moored on the Thames beside a stone quay, with a cable and distant ships under cloudy sky.

The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a large paddle steamer beside an old frigate with flags and rigging, a rowboat in the foreground.

The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hu…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of a bay with steamships and sailing boats, cliffs with figures and sheep at left, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of crowds on rocky coastal cliffs with rowing boats on the sea and a smoke plume rising at left.

The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of the steamship Great Eastern at sea with smoke, escorted by sailing ships under a golden sunset sky.

The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships, H.M.S. Terrible, H.M.S. Sphinx, The Hawk and…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66