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National Gallery of Art

236 works

Etching of two large wooden ships under construction beside a dock, with workers, masts and rigging, and a distant sailing sh

Two Large Ships under Construction

Engraved plate of two deer scenes: a leaping stag labelled Bajew and a spotted small deer by water.

Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of Sout…

Various Artists, including William Blake, after John Gabriel Stedman, 1796

Etching of moored sailing ships, workers on a quay, a ruined tower on a point, and a rowboat on calm water.

Harbor View

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pale drawing of white chalk cliffs along a shore with small figures on the sand and a distant sail on the sea.

Scene on the South Coast of England

Unknown artist, 19th century

Engraving of an armed man with a musket and raised arm beside a skull, with small figures fighting in the distance.

Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of Sout…

Various Artists, including William Blake, after John Gabriel Stedman, 1796

Etching of a windy harbor with a listing ship, struggling figures on the quay, small boats and a stone tower.

Windy Harbor

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Watercolor of a crowded harbor at dusk with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and a tall brick tower.

The Harbor of Seville

Samuel Colman, 1867

Charcoal sketch of three nude bathers at the water's edge with loose, gestural lines and curved shoreline.

Three Bathers in the Sea

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, c. 1914

Etching of a storm-tossed ship with broken masts in turbulent waves under dark hatched clouds.

Ship in Tempest

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of ships tossed by stormy waves, with a bearded sea god and a sea serpent in the foreground.

Storm off the Coast of Barcelona

Jacques Callot, 1612

Watercolor of a fortified harbor town with moored ships, figures on the quay, and slate-roofed buildings behind stone walls.

The Harbor of St. Malo at Low Tide

attributed to Alfred Herbert, c. 1850

Etching of a ruined tower, a beached rowboat and a moored sailing ship on a calm shore.

Marine

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Etching of a fallen man in rocky terrain facing a rearing sea monster, with a broken wheel nearby and a leafy border.

Hippolytus and the Sea Monster

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of a tall stone tower beside a harbor with sailing boats, figures on the shore, and a distant town under cloudy sky.

Harbor at Livorno

Franz Edmund Weirotter, c. 1764

Etching of a ship-shaped chariot with sails moving through an oval arena with riders, soldiers and crowded spectator stands.

Parade with a Chariot Having the Form of a Ship

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Watercolor sketch of a sandy beach with figures, a tent, beach huts and a distant steamship on the horizon.

Beach Scene

James McNeill Whistler, probably 1885

Fan-shaped painting of wildflowers and butterflies on the left, with a sandy beach, sea and cliffs on the right.

Fan with Wildflowers and Butterflies against the Norman Coast

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1875

Watercolor seascape of dark blue-green waves under a grey cloudy sky with a pale pink horizon.

Lesson Study on Jersey Coast

John La Farge, 1881

Brown wash drawing of mythological figures: two women by a mirror, a reclining figure in drapery, and a winged child.

A Mythological Scene with Sea Gods

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Etching of porters unloading bales and crates from a rowboat at a harbor, with sailing ships in the background.

Title Page for "Views of the Ports of the Sea"

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Brown-toned drawing of a rocky coast at night, with moonlit water, waves breaking on rocks, and a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Coast by Moonlight

William West or Samuel Jackson, late 1820s

Pen and brown ink sketch of mounted riders and crowds of figures on a hillside, with a distant sea on the horizon.

Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [recto]

Benjamin Robert Haydon

Etching of a harbor with a large round tower, tall sailing ships, figures carrying cargo, and a distant hilltop town.

Harbor with a Large Tower (Le Port de mer à la grosse tour)

Claude Lorrain, c. 1641

Pencil drawing of a rocky coast with a tower on the cliff, sailboats on the sea, and distant islands under a pale sky.

The Coast at Concarneau

Eugène-Louis Boudin

Pencil sketch of seated and reclining soldiers in a crowded camp interior with rifles and gear hanging on the walls.

From Alexandria to Ship Point [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1862

Etching of a wooden jetty, lighthouse and sailboat on calm water, with figures on a sandy shore.

untitled (Marine)

Eugène Bejot, 1895

Etching of a man carrying a heavy sack beside cargo barrels, with a sailing ship and harbor tower in a circular view.

Galley Slave Hauling a Ship's Cargo

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Monochrome lithograph of boats on a beach at low tide beside a cottage, cliffs, smoke and figures working by a ship.

Radoub d'une Barque à la Marée Basse (Refitting of a Ship at Low Tide)

Eugène Isabey, 1833

Pencil sketch of figures in period dress on a hilltop overlooking a distant sea and coastline.

Figures on Top of a Hill, Overlooking the Sea

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pastel drawing of dark clouds layered over a pale sea horizon, with blue and yellow light breaking through the sky.

Clouds over the Sea

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1860/1865