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Men handle rope beside a wooden ship under construction, with a wagon, stormy sky, and sea behind them.

Builders of Ships / The Rope

George Bellows, 1916

Hand-colored print of the U.S. Ship Pennsylvania sailing through stormy seas under lightning-streaked clouds, with a smaller

U.S. Ship Pennsylvannia

William James Bennett, 1839

Pen and ink drawing of a sailboat heeling in rough sea with waves, other ships on the horizon, and cloudy sky.

Sailing Boats in a Storm (recto); sketch of village with figure (verso)

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

Etching of a sailing ship on rough waves under a cloudy sky, with smaller boats nearby and a French caption below.

Naviere ordinaire qui passe de Douvre a Calais (An ordinary ship travelling between Douvre and Calais), from the seri…

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of a moored sailing boat with tall mast beside a riverbank, a small house and figures on the shore.

La Barque amarrée (The Moored Boat)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1862

Etching of Dutch sailing ships with rigging and flags on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Cargo Ships, from the series Navium Variae Figurae et Formae

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of the Holy Family in a boat on a river with an angel, a boatman, swans and large trees on the bank.

The Holy Family Traveling by Boat, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Watercolor of the cream-hulled warship U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago with orange funnels and American flag on choppy seas.

U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago

Etching of a moored sailing boat with tall mast beside a riverbank, a small building and figures on shore.

La Barque amarée (The Moored Boat)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1862

Etching of the Holy Family boarding a rowboat on a river beneath trees, with an angel and light rays above.

The Holy Family Enters a Boat, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of an artist sketching inside a small wooden boat cabin, with a window view of sailboats on a river.

Le Bateau-Atelier (The Boat-Studio)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Lithograph of the paddle steamer Baltic under steam in rough sea, with smoke from its funnel and smaller boats nearby.

The United States Steam Ship Baltic

Charles Parsons, 1855

Prison Ship Saratoga (off Dartmouth)

Peter S. Duval, 1840

Etching of a bridge over a canal with tall-masted boats moored beneath, lampposts and buildings on the banks, and water refle

Bridge, Rotterdam (Chioggia: Fishing Boats)

Mortimer Menpes, 1912

Hand-colored print of the clipper ship Red Jacket under full sail among ice floes and icebergs off Cape Horn, with penguins.

Clipper Ship "Red Jacket" / In the ice off Cape Horn on her passage from Australia to Liverpool, August 1854

Charles Parsons, 1855

Hand-colored print of sailors fighting with swords on a sailing ship deck, with rigging and an American flag.

Boarding and Taking the American Ship Chesapeake

Heath, 1816

Hand-colored lithograph of the clipper ship Racer under full sail in rough seas with an American flag and a distant ship.

Clipper Ship "Racer"

Nathaniel Currier, 1854

Pastel study of a storm-tossed ship with robed and haloed figures on deck, painted in blues, reds and pale tones.

Study for "Solomon's Ship" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a sailing ship battling choppy waves under a stormy sky, with smaller boats on the horizon.

"Naviere [sic] ordinaire qui passe de Douve a Calais" [Ship sailing Between Dover and Calais]

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a man pulling a loaded cart with children along a riverbank, a woman holding a child, and a sail at left.

L'Emménagement au bottin (Le Mobilier du bateau) [Moving into the Boat (The furnishings of the boat)]

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861