Classic Maritime Scenes

Engravings of historic ships and steamers in ports and canals, depicting trade routes and maritime history.

Old panoramic general view of the port of Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Four months in Florida by Achille Poussielgue, Le Tour du Monde 1870

THE BLOCK IN THE SUEZ CANAL: PROCESSION OF STEAMERS AFTER THE RENEWAL OF TRAFFIC

Seascape with a few ships in calm water by the coast.

Old panoramic general view of the port of Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Four months in Florida by Achille Poussielgue, Le Tour du Monde 1870

Old view of steamship and tug sailing down the Mississipi, USA. Fragment of a trip to New Orleans in 1855 by Elisee Reclus (1830 - 1905). Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

HULL, IN YORKSHIRE. VIEW OF THE NORTH BRIDGE. UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Nassau during the American Civil War. The paddle-steamer 'Fanny', depicted at the wharf, is a blockade- runner from the Confederacy, discharging cotton Date: 1864

View of the harbor at Brouwershaven on the island of Schouwen with several sailing ships. In the margin the title in Dutch and French with the town's coat of arms in the center. Numbered top right: 25. View of Brouwershaven harbor Port of Brouwershaven, in Zeeland on 't Eiland Schouwen, Port de Brouwershaven, en Zeelande a l'Isle de Schouwen , print maker: Mathias de Sallieth, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Gerrit Groenewegen, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter Yver, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Brouwershaven, publisher: Amsterdam, publisher: Amsterdam, 1764 - 1787, paper, etching, engraving, h 262 mm × w 352 mm

Harbour Scene, Print made by Charles Golding Constable, 1821-1879, British, undated, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige card, Sheet: 6 x 8 11/16 inches (15.3 x 22 cm), Plate: 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (8.2 x 13 cm), and Image: 3 1/8 x 5 inches (7.9 x 12.7 cm), beach, boats, building, clouds, coast, docks, figures, flags, genre subject, harbor, labor, masts, men, oars, rowboats, rowing, sailboats, sails, sea, seamen, ships, shore (landform), workers, working

The port of Hull, Yorkshire, showing the North Bridge.

THE BATTLE OF TONELERO, 'ALFONSO' STEAMER, ADMIRAL GRENFELL

THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMSHIP, LEAVING BLACKWALL

'THE INDUS' STEAMSHIP PARTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE, IN MESSRS. WIGRAM'S DRY DOCK, BLACKWALL, 1852

Ships and sloops in the port of Livorno; Port of livorno; In Portu Liburnensi / Colossus E Marmori Ferdinandi im ETR.D / Mancipia Thracia Ex Are Captivo Premens. View of the port of Livorno with a Galaisch to the right that the port of inland shipping. In the foreground men in sloops and port workers at work. Links different ships in the harbor and a wall with a lookout point.

Shuff on the water, in the foreground a rowing boat.

Engraving depicting the Severn Trow and boats at the entrance of the Staffordshire and Worcester canal. Dated 18th Century

EMBARKATION AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, OF THE HON. JOHN KENT, ONE OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY COMMISSIONERS

Joseph Murray Ince (1806-1859), ships next to a coast, 1806-1859

Boats in quiet water. Draughtsman: Jean Bernard. Dating: 1775 - 1833. Measurements: h 168 mm × w 229 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Blockade Runner Wando, captured by US Steamer Fort Jackson, October 21, 1864. Pictured here in Boston Harbor

MADAGASCAR, THE "TAYMOUTH CASTLE" LEAVING TAMATAVE WITH DESPATCHES FOR THE MAURITIUS, JUNE 28, 1883: "Creuze" (French War Vessel) "Nievre" (French War Vessel), H.M.S. "Dryad", S.S. "Taymouth Castle"

A watercolor by Anton Perko depicting a port with sailing ships, executed with white highlights.

About the Kaiserreise, The visit of the emperor in the new Triest port, -, artist

River face with different sailing ships and sloops, lying side by side for anchor.

The gunboat La Coulveruvrine, drawing by Alexandre De Bar (1821-1901) from a photograph, from Croisieres a la cote d'Afrique, 1868, by the Rear-admiral Fleuriot de Langle (1809-1881), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 12, August 17, 1876.

Depiction by Leendert de Koningh of passengers in a rowboat near an English warship firing a salute, drawn with pen and brush in brown and gray washes.

View of the port of Veere, Mathias de Sallieth, after Dirk de Jong, 1779 - 1787 print View of the port of Veere with different boats. In the margin the title in Dutch and French with the coat of arms of the city in the middle. Numbered at the top right: 24. after drawing by: Veerepublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving harbour. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Veere. Veerse hole

THE 'LADY NANCY' RAFT ATTACKING TAGANROG, IN THE SEA OF AZOFF

Regatta on Whittlesea Mere, June 14, 1842

Silent inland water with a pioneering boat, Nicolaas Wicart, 1758 - 1815 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat. river

Raderstoomboot at a quay, Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer, After C. van der Hart (Lieutenant), 1800 - 1864 print Netherlands paper etching steamship, motorship. paddle-wheel boat

'Boat drawn over a sluice or lock on a canal', 1847. Artist: Giles

THE HULK BLAKE, AT SPITHEAD, 1854

View of the city of Tiel, seen from the Waal. A ship in the foreground.

Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854, British, Ships on the Thames near London Bridge, October 1816, 1816. Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Pool of London, Charles Heath, 1785-1848, British, after Peter DeWint, 1784-1849, British, Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, active 1818-1826, British, 1825, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 9/16 inches (11.1 x 16.6 cm) and Image: 2 11/16 x 5 3/16 inches (6.9 x 13.2 cm), bay (body of water), boats, docks, dome, flags, marine art, masts, merchants, moorings, piers, punts, rigging, rowboats, rowing, sailboats, sailing, sails, shipping, ships, wharves, England, Europe, London, Thames, United Kingdom

'The Port of Liverpool', 1898. From "Our Own Country, Volume I.". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898

Silent inner water with laying down boat.

Havana, Abraham Lion Zeelander, after Johannes Steyn, 1839 print Havana in Cuba, with ships off the coast. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving sailing-ship, sailing-boat Havana

Ships on calm water, draughtsman: John Greenwood, 1769, paper, pen, brush, h 164 mm × w 224 mm

LAUNCH OF 'THE ARAXES' AT BRISTOL

Riviers cows MET boot, maximi-Franis Antoin Antoine lealne, 1837 - 1886 drawing paper. river (+ landscape with figures, staffage). sailing-ship, sailing-boat. steamship, motorship

Spain, Catalonia. Works of the port of Barcelona. The new 'cleaning train' used in the dredging, and the 'cabria' to seat the blocks. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustración Española y Americana, December 8, 1882.

River face.

H.M.S. BLAKE, THE PROTECTED CRUISER RECENTLY LAUNCHED AT CHATHAM, IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR. This is the largest and most powerful cruiser in the navy, UK 1889.

View of a few small boats on the water, Pieter Idserts, 1708 - 1781 drawing View of a few small boats on the water; On the left a moored boat with a beacon. Design for a fan. paper brush

Town view of Baltiysk or Pillau, Kaliningrad oblast, Vistula Lagoon, Baltic Sea, Russia, two-master, rowing boat, windmill, lighthouse, shipping, shore, historical illustration 1880, Europe

North Battery, foot of Hubert Stt. New-York. Weir, Robert Walter (1803-1889). Eno, Amos F., 1836-1915. Prints. 1833. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Hubert Street (New York, N.Y.), Steamboats , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, Sailboats , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, Battery Park (New York, N.Y.) , 1800-1899

Right a steamer, left a sailing ship, View of the Maas near Rotterdam, print maker: Cornelia Christina Johanna van Trigt-Hoevenaar, (signed by artist), 1864 - 1909, paper, drypoint, h 170 mm × w 248 mm

Landing the submarine telegraph cable at St Mary's Isles of Scilly. The cables was from Lands End, Cornwall, to St Mary's. 9th October 1869.

THE EMPEROR LEAVING CALAIS HARBOUR, TO VISIT THE ENGLISH SQUADRON, 1854

Brown pen and brush drawing by Jan Rood showing Dutch canal with ferry boats pulled by ropes, minor misfire marks at top left.

'BARGE DAY ON THE TYNE,' AT NEWCASTLE.

An engraving depicting a view Stourport-on-Severn from above the bridge. On the left immediately below the bridge where numerous masts are shown, is the entrance to the Staffordshire and Worcester canal. With the coming of canals Stourport, at the junction of the Stour and the Severn, after 1772 it rapidly grew from nothing more than an alehouse to a thriving port. Dated 18th century

Fisher boats on the coast, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1830 print Men are loading or unloading the ships. Amsterdam paper. ships, boats on land, beached (+ departure and arrival ~ traffic and transport). fisherman

The smallest country in South America, Suriname's diversity began in the 16th century when French, Spanish and English explorers visited the area. A century later, plantation colonies were established by the Dutch and English along the many rivers in the fertile Guyana plains. Disputes aroseas everbetween the Dutch and the English. In 1667, the Dutch decided to keep the nascent plantation colony of Suriname from the English, resulting from the Treaty of Breda. The English were left with New Amsterdam, a small trading post in North America, which later became New York City. As a plantation colony, Surinam was still heavily dependent on manual labor, and to make up for the shortfall, the Dutch brought in contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) and India (through an arrangement with the British). In addition, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, small numbers of mostly men were brought in from China and the Middle East. Although Suriname's population re

MARKET-BOAT ON THE SCHELDT , BY CLARKSON STANFIELD, R.A., IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM, UK

Demonstrating the power of steam - a tug hauls a string of 18 barges on the Rhine waterway. Date: 1877

View of Whampoa near Canton, by William J. Huggins, 1835, China 19th century.

West India Docks, Print made by John Bluck, active 1791-1831, British, after Augustus Charles Pugin, 1762-1832, French, after Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 1764-1834, British, 1810, Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 5/8 inches (24 x 32 cm), Plate: 9 1/16 x 11 inches (23 x 27.9 cm), and Image: 7 13/16 x 10 3/16 inches (19.9 x 25.8 cm), boats, buildings, clouds, costume, docks, fleet, hats, illustration, men, oars, port, river, sailboats, ships, ships, trade, water, windows, England, Greater London, Isle of Dogs, Thames, United Kingdom, West India Docks

Ships off the coast near Harlingen, Mathias de Sallieth, after Hendrik Kobell, 1779 - 1785 print View of the coast near Harlingen with different ships. In the margin the weapon of the city. Amsterdam paper etching coast. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Harlingen. Wadden Sea

Richard Henry Nibbs, 1816-1893, British, A Moored Barque and Barge in a River, 1884. Watercolor, gouache and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper.

Distant view of the port (formerly ka Bushire) on the Persian Gulf. Date: 1856

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN SWEDEN, THE RETURN OF THE YACHTS AFTER THE REGATTA NEAR STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

View of the port of Amsterdam; Vue de la Rhade d 'Amsterdam. Bateau à vapeur sur Zaandam. View of the port of Amsterdam with the steamboat to Zaandam in the foreground.

Sailing ships. Draughtsman: John Greenwood. Dating: 1762. Measurements: h 187 mm × w 281 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Wreck of H.M.S. Megaera, 1871. View showing the position of the Megaera, screw frigate for the Royal Navy, when she lay aground close to the rocks on Ile Saint-Paul. Due to '...the ship leaking continually from a hole in the iron plates of her bottom, while the weather was very stormy...it was considered most unsafe to proceed on the voyage to Australia, the nearest part of which lay 1800 miles distant. This opinion was fully confirmed by two other steam-ship engineers, who happened to be on board...Captain Thrupp therefore, on Sunday morning, June 18, after reading prayers as usual, annou

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Port scene. Engraving. La Ilustración, 1887.

Festive visit in Nijmegen, 1831; Nijmegen van den Linker Waal-Oever. Festive Arrival of the Gierpont with Prince Albrecht of Prussia and his wife Princess Marianne at the Waalkade in Nijmegen on December 11, 1831. From the ferry an open car is drawn by four horses. The boat and the buildings on the quay are decorated with flags. On the quay the crane in a round building.

Enjoy travel from Rammekes (Zeeland) / VUE de Rammekes (Zelande). Leaf with a big show with a face on Fort Rammekens at Vlissingen. Different ships at sea in the foreground. Under the show the title. Numbered at the bottom right: No. 38.

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS

Mobile. Taken from the marsh opposite the city near Pinto's residence.. Todd, William. 1841. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Mobile (Ala.), Ships , Alabama , Mobile Bay (Ala.)

Sailing ships ashore.

Traditional Vietnamese boat. Sampans on Clear River. Tonkin, French Indochina. Vietnam, Asia. Thirty months in Tonkin 1885 by Doctor Charles Edouard Hocquard (1853 - 1911) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Chinese sampans in the harbour of Hong Kong, c1875. Artist: Unknown

Visit of H.M.S. Gorgon to the Zambesi River: The Pioneer passing Mozambala with boats in tow laden with parts of the steamer for Dr. Livingstone, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Sewall, of her Majesty's ship Gorgon. 'In consequence of Dr. Livingstone representing that it was most desirable to get his new steamer the Lady Nyassa up to the Murchison Falls before the Zambesi began to subside, and thereby save twelve months' delay, Commander Wilson decided on rendering every assistance in his power in furtherance of the object in view. Fifty men and officers were told off, armed, and provisio

James Fagan, Alaska Seal Fisheries, c 1896 1900 Alaska Seal Fisheries

'Arrival of a Steamer at Southampton Docks', 1898. The Southampton Docks company was formed in 1835, the first dock opened in 1842 and became known as The Gateway to the Empire. From "Our Own Country, Volume V". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898

River view with a sailing ship, Antonie Waldorp, 1813 - 1866 drawing River face with sailing ship, which is moored on the side; On the right an old house. paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil brush / pen river. sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Sampan or commercial ships and boat bridge in Tianjin, China. Old XIX century engraved Journey from Shanghai to Moscow Le Tour du Monde 1864

Illustration of the paddle steamer 'Bay State' working the Hudson and Fall Rivers. Dated 19th Century

Ship battle on Black Sea by Vasily (George Wilhelm) Timm, lithograph, 1853, 1820-1895, Russia, St Petersburg, Pushkin Memorial Museum

Lockport Erie Canal New York USA From a 19th century print engraved by W Tombleson after W H Bartlett

GRABADO-VISTA DE MALTA ASEDIADA POR NAVIOS TURCOS S XVI. Author: RAFAEL ESTEVE (1772-1847).

Portugal. Portuguese gunboat commanded by Major Serpa Pinto, at the mouth of the Zambezi River. Used in the Anglo-Portuguese conflict: struggle of the Portuguese against the Makoldos, aided by the British. Engraving.

LAUNCH OF THE STEAM FRIGATE, 'TERRIBLE,' ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM HER MAJESTY'S DOCK-YARD AT DEPTFORD

Federal Vessels Driving back the Iron plated rebel steamer Yorktown, which attempted to run the blockade near Newport News, Virginia, 1862

Passing the Nore Light, 1842. Royal Navy ships Monkey, Black Eagle, Shearwater, Royal George, Salamander, Radamanthus and Fearless passing the Nore Lightship marking a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.

Calcutta, India, 1850

WRECK OF THE THAMES STEAMBOAT 'METIS', AT WOOLWICH, UK, 1867

View of the city of Paramaribo and the Fort Zeelandia, Frederik Jägerschiöld, 1772 Houses on the water (Paramaribo) under large cloudy sky. On the right a fortification (Fort Zeelandia) with large flagpole and Dutch flag. On the left a few ships on the speech, central left a pavoized flat -bottomed floor under sail and a few rowing boats. Paramaribo paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush / pen prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). fortress. harbour. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Suriname. Paramaribo. Fort Zeelandia. Waterfront

Sailing ships in the harbor, Bernard Romain Julien, after Jean Baptiste Henri Durand -Brager, 1844 - 1845 print printer: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: London paper harbour. sailing-ship, sailing-boat

The transport of the body of Napoleon Bonaparte onto a ship. Lithograph by J. Arnout after V.J. Adam.

Plymouth regatta. Start of yachts in the first race. From a sketch by J. Offord; Plymouth.

The first game of De Kon: Nederl: Yachtclub, held on the 10 June 1846 on the Maas in Rotterdam, Frans Arnold Breuhaus de Groot, 1846 print The first rowing competition of the Royal Dutch Yachtclub, held on 10 June 1846 on the Maas in Rotterdam. View of the Maas with the participating rowing boats, on the right, a large ship decorated with flags, on the left many small boats with spectators on the water. On the left in the background the public gallery. Without the weapon of the association. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Hague paper rowing, canoeing, etc. (sport) (+ the contest (sports, games, etc.)) Mesh. Rotterdam

Sailing ship at a harbor head; The Visscher. Two figures in a boat with sailing at a harbor head, in the foreground a man walks with a basket on his back and a boy.

Egypt. Suez Canal. View of the entrance to Port Said (on the Mediterranean shore). Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

New Orleans, taken from the opposite side a short distance above the Middle or Picayune Ferry.. Mondelli, Anthony (fl. 1821-1856). Prints. 1841. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New Orleans (La.), Mississippi River, Ships , Louisiana , New Orleans

Simon-Bolivar steamer navigating the Magdalena river, Colombia. South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey to Colombia by Edward Francois Andre, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Mouthpiece of the Canal Saint Martin, Quai Saint Bernard, 1867

The Port of Calais, Hauts-de-France Region, France, in 1880, Historic, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork, Europe

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