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Loose oil sketch of a park path with a bearded man, a child, a woman with a parasol, and sailboat masts.

The Man Who Rented Boats

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Moonlit seascape with a glowing full moon, a sailboat on dark water, and two slender trees on rocky shore under clouds.

The Lovers' Boat

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Impressionist painting of a moored sailboat before twin church towers and harbor buildings under a hazy orange sky.

Ships at Anchor, Cherbourg no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose oil sketch of a park promenade with a man beside white sailboats, a child, and a woman with a parasol under trees.

The Man Who Rented Boats

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Night seascape with a glowing full moon, a sailboat at right, and two slender trees on rocks at left.

The Lovers' Boat

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1881

Dusky river landscape at sunset with a moored rowboat, a man holding a pole, and a silhouetted cottage across the water.

Untitled (landscape, boat moored near bank with man walking)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of moored fishing boats and masts along a pale wharf in a harbor, with buildings and a soft overcast sky behind.

Fishing Boats at Gloucester

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Oil painting of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail on rough sea at golden sunset, with a steamship in the distance.

Sailing Ship--off Coast of Maine

William E. Norton, 1870

Painting of a riverbank with a moored rowboat, a man carrying an oar, rocks, and autumn trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape, boat moored near stream, man walking in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Hazy painting of two sailboats on calm water with golden light on the sails and a distant shoreline with buildings.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 1

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of fishing boats with sails tacking through rough waves toward a harbor town under stormy clouds.

Fishing Boats Beating up to Windward

Edward Moran, 1850

Small painting of a sailboat on calm water under a glowing orange and gold sunset sky above a rocky shore.

Boat on Sea

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Loose painting of fishing boats with masts moored by a calm harbor under a pale, luminous sky.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 2

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Dark painting of several ships with tall masts silhouetted at dusk under streaked pink and pale clouds.

Ships in Moonlight

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of two men pushing a white rowboat on a grassy bank while two women with baskets stand nearby under a cloudy sky.

People Near Boat

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of two masted sailing ships at anchor in a hazy harbor with pale waterfront buildings behind them.

Ships at Anchor, Cherbourg no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose impressionist painting of a harbor with masts and red sails, and a crowd of figures on the quay under a pale sky.

Harbor Scene with Fishing Boats

George Elmer Browne, 1910

Painting of a full moon over a moonlit harbor with boat masts, a pale wharf building, and wooden pilings reflected in the wat

Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Watercolor of an old wooden boat burning on a sandy shore, with a dark smoke plume rising under a blue sky.

Burning of an Old Boat

Francis Danby, 1850

Dark seascape of a steamboat with smoke and a red flag in choppy water under a stormy sky.

Squall, Brenton Light (boat in storm, lighthouse in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Dark landscape with rocks, a man carrying a pole, large trees, and two sailboats on water under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rocks, man and sailboats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a rocky shoreline with a wooded bluff, a red-roofed house, and sailboats on water under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (shoreline with sailboats and roof)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing ship on choppy sea under a pale sky, with handwritten 'malta - in sight' lower right.

Malta (Ship)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of two figures beside a boat with a raised sail on a shoreline, with wooden posts and open water behind.

Untitled (Two Figures near a Boat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of a two-masted lumber schooner under sail on choppy water, with white highlights on the waves.

Lumber Boat, Mackinac

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Naive watercolor of the clipper ship Charles L. Cotton under full sail on blue waves, with banners and an American flag.

Clipper-Ship Charles L. Cotton of North Norwich

P. S. Downes, 1890

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with masts in a harbor, with a church tower and rooftops behind.

Untitled (Fishing Boats)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of an ancient Egyptian boat with sail and rowers above a king's chair with lion-headed armrest.

Boat of Ancient Egyptians from the Tombs/King's Chair

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of red and yellow sailboats on a calm lagoon with mooring posts and soft reflections under a hazy sky.

Sailboats (Venice)

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Untitled--Fishing Boat

Untitled--Fishing Boat

George Elbert Burr, 1900