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Pencil sketch of two sailing ships at anchor with masts and rigging, smaller boats fading into mist on the left.

Two Ships at Anchor

John Constable, 1803

Sepia watercolor of a ruined castle tower on a rocky coast, with boats at the shore and cliffs behind.

Coast Scene with a Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1827

Brown wash drawing of a wooded cliff above calm water, with a small sailboat on the distant horizon under a cloudy sky.

Coastal Scene with Wooded Cliff

Alexander Cozens, 1770

Brown wash drawing of a sailing ship and small boats on calm water under a cloudy sky, with a mooring post at right.

A Seascape

Richard Parkes Bonington

Pencil sketch of two sailing boats on choppy sea under a cloudy sky, by John Sell Cotman.

Sailing Wherries and Boats in a Choppy Sea

John Sell Cotman

Brown wash drawing of two crowded rowing boats with armed crew beside a ship's dark hull.

Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

Pencil sketch of a coastal bay with a sailing ship, small figures on the shore, trees on the right, and rocks in the foregrou

Fowl Island, Bay of Bengal, Coast of Arakan

Thomas Daniell, 1786

Brown wash drawing of figures beaching a boat on a shore, with sailing vessels, cliffs and a cloudy sky.

Coastal Scene with Figures and Boats

Thomas Gainsborough

Watercolor of a ruined stone castle on a hill above a shore, with a rowboat and two figures on the water.

Ruins on the Coast