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National Gallery of Art

236 works

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

Scene on the French Coast

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1807

Engraving of a crowded boat of foolish figures labeled Die Blau Schuyte, with a standing boatman, birds, reeds and a distant

Die Blau Schuyte (The Ship of Fools)

Pieter van der Heyden, 1559

Engraved pendant design with a sea monster carrying a nude woman on a shell and a man with an oar.

Design for a Pendant with a Winged Sea-Monster Carrying Venus Anadyomene on a Shell and a Man with an Oar

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

Sepia etching of several sailing ships heeling in rough seas beside a wooden pier under a stormy sky.

Ships in a Breeze

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1808

Loose grey and red wash drawing of crowded galleys with oars approaching a city shore, soldiers and spectators filling the sc

Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople

Domenico Tintoretto, 1598

Engraved pendant design with a sea monster carrying a woman on a shell, flanked by a triton and a man with an oar.

Design for a Pendant with Sea-Monster Carrying a Woman on a Shell Flanked by a Triton and a Man with an Oar

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

Sepia print of a three-masted ship and a small sloop in rough sea waves under a cloudy sky.

The Leader Sea Piece

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1809

Watercolor sketch of sailboats with white sails moored in a harbor beside a pale building with a red roof.

Sailboats in a Sunlit Harbor (recto)

Eugène Isabey, 1830

Engraved design for a pendant showing a sea monster with a spiral shell, two putti, ribbons and pear-shaped drops.

Design for a Pendant with a Sea-Monster in a Shell Carrying a Triton and a Woman with a Sail

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

Sepia print of a stormy Yorkshire coast with waves, rocks, a shipwreck, figures, a tower on the cliff, and birds.

Coast of Yorkshire

Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say, published 1811

Pencil sketch of a coast road beside tall cliffs, with a lamppost, small figures, a rowboat, and posts in the water.

A Coast Road with Cliffs in the North of France

Eugène Isabey, 1830

Sepia print of a sunset seascape with sailing boats, fishermen on a sandy beach, and an anchor in the foreground.

The Mildmay Sea-Piece

Joseph Mallord William Turner and W.T. Annis and J.C. Easling, published 1812

Sepia print of beached sailing ships with children and wading figures on a wet shore under a cloudy sky.

Marine Dabblers

Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say, published 1811

Monochrome drawing of white chalk cliffs above a curving shore, with two sailboats on rough sea under billowing clouds.

Cliffs along the Normandy Coast

Sepia print of sailing boats battling choppy waves at the entrance to Calais harbour, with a town skyline in the distance.

Entrance of Calais Harbour

Joseph Mallord William Turner, published 1816

Etching of two tall-masted sailing ships moored in a harbor, with a rowboat and distant masts and buildings.

Two Ships

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with tall trees on the right, a distant village, and a wide open sky.

Trouville-sur-Mer

Randolph Caldecott, 1879

Painted drawing of a carved wooden bust of a man with curled hair and bow tie, framed by red drapery on cream paper.

Ship's Sternpiece

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Drawing of a carved wooden ship ornament with an eagle, shield with stars, anchor, and flag.

Ship's Carving

Albert Rudin, c. 1939

Pastel drawing of a turquoise sea with breaking waves, a grassy cliff at left, and dramatic clouds above the horizon.

View of the Sea, Normandy

Alexandre Desgoffe, 1852

Engraving of figures in a rowing boat on choppy sea, with sailing ships and windmills in the distance.

The Idle 'Prentice turn'd away, and sent to Sea

William Hogarth, 1747

Etched ornamental frieze with sea horses and dolphins above scrolling acanthus and a central reclining figure.

Ornamental Frieze with Marine Creatures

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Engraving of a sailing ship in a storm as a sea monster rises from the waves, with a city and cliff tower in the distance.

Jonah Thrown into the Stormy Sea

Justus Sadeler after Paul Bril, 1610

Engraving of a cluttered garret where a startled young man and woman in bed react with raised hands.

The Idle 'Prentice return'd from Sea & in a Garret with a common Prostitute

William Hogarth, 1747

Hand-colored print of a great American sea eagle with brown plumage and yellow talons perched on a rock.

The Bird of Washington or Great American Sea Eagle

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1827

Etching of a sailing ship battling rough waves under dark, swirling storm clouds.

Storm at Sea

Thorvald Niss, 1901

Hogarth engraving of a crowded London street with a whirligig ride, gamblers, allegorical figures and a monument inscribed wi

The South Sea Scheme

William Hogarth, 1721

Monochrome lithograph of a harbor town with rooftops, masts, and their reflections in rippled water beneath a pale sky.

Inner Harbor

Childe Hassam, c. 1918

Etching of a lake landscape with hatched mountains, a tall pine on a slope, and a fence in the lower right.

Large Walchen Sea Landscape (Grosse Walchenseelandschaft)

Lovis Corinth, 1923

Engraving of shipwrights building a large wooden hull while children in straw hats play with toy boats in the foreground.

Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor

after Winslow Homer, published 1873