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Loose oil sketch of rough green sea waves breaking on rocks, with a white lighthouse on a headland under a grey sky.

Biarritz Seascape

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880

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

Harbor scene with rowing boats, a sailing boat with French flag, a fortification, ships and a waterfront town under an evenin

View of Charleston from the Harbor

Samuel Barnard, 1831

Painting of children playing in shallow surf with a crowd and parasols on the beach behind them.

Beach Scene (or Sunday on the Beach)

Edward Henry Potthast, 1915

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

Etching of a harbour with a sailboat, wooden mooring posts, a domed city skyline and a lighthouse under a cloudy sky.

Harbour

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande

Etching of a three-masted ship and smaller sailing boats in a harbor, with buildings on the right and reflections in the wate

Marine

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1899

Pen and wash drawing of a harbour with a sailing boat, rowing boat, stone tower and figures on the quay.

Harbour Scene

Abraham Rademaker

Watercolor of two sailing ships on blue sea, one flying an American flag, the other burning with smoke rising.

Privateer Brig. "General Armstrong" burning a prize (starboard view), moderate sea

Worden Wood, 1929

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

Multicolored print of figures beside a tall tree and shrubs on a riverbank, with hills in the distance.

Figures Beside the Sea (Personnages au bord de la mer), from Landscapes (Paysages)

Ker Xavier Roussel, 1895

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

Hand-colored print of New York Harbor with sailing ships, steamers, schooners, and rowing crews on calm blue water.

Summer Scenes in New York Harbor

Charcoal and red chalk study of a standing female figure with arms outstretched on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of the Pola amphitheater in Istria with tiered arches, sailing boats and figures at the water's edge.

Tav. 23 Anfiteatro di Pola in Istria vicino al mare (Pl. 23 Amphitheater of Pola in Istria Near the Sea), from Alcune…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

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

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

Hand-colored print of two whaling ships trapped among jagged Arctic ice floes under a pale sky.

Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871, Pl. I

John Perry Newell, 1872

Prison Ship Saratoga (off Dartmouth)

Peter S. Duval, 1840

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

Pencil sketch of a grassy coastline with a leaning tree, figures on a rise, and sailboats on the sea beyond.

View on Coast

Pencil sketch of cypress trees, rolling hills and a domed building in a rural landscape, with handwritten notes below.

Roman(?) landscape as seen from balcony (recto); Seascape (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Etching of a shipwreck, figures on a shore, sailing boats and a stone tower on a rocky coast.

View of the Coast of Italy ("Vue des Costes (sic) d'Italie")

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Chalk study on grey paper of a standing female figure with one arm raised and flowing drapery.

Study for central figure in "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships" mural at the state capitol building in…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

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

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

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