Nautical Themes in Art

Engravings and illustrations capturing maritime subjects, such as ships and sea life, showcasing diverse styles from various historical contexts.

Fishing for herring in the English Channel, engraving, 19th century

'Navigatio en Brasiliam Americae', 16th c. Flying Fish Meet in the Torrid Zone. Flemish art. Engraving. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Bibliothque du service historique de la Marine.

This illustrations dates to around 1846 and shows Columbus about to land in Hispaniola. In September 1492, Columbus and his crew, uneasy about reaching land, saw birds and knew land was not far away.

Ramón de Bonifaz y Camargo (1196-1256). Castilian nobleman and marine. King Ferdinand III appointed him Admiral of Castile in 1250. The ships of Ramón Bonifaz. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

Fishing for herring in the English Channel, engraving, 19th century

Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635), Storm Off the Coast of Barcelona, 1612, etching on laid paper restrike

Amsterdam, Lamsveld, Willem van, Coup, Willem de, Damme, Andries van, Visscher, Barent, Luyken, Jan, Jona thrown out of the ship in the storm, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 74 mm, width 86 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1698, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, Nederlands

Willem Barents (d1597) Dutch navigator who led expeditions in search of Northeast Passage. Barents' and Rijp's vessels during 1597 expedition parting in July, Rijp sailing north towards east coast of Spitzbergen, Barents east to Novaya Zemlya and death.

A warship accompanied by a Galei, Frans Huys, After Pieter Bruegel (I), 1561 - 1565 print A warship with two masts and full sails, a Galei on the left. paper engraving / etching ships (in general)

Barge, seen in short. Draughtsman: Jacob Esselens. Dating: 1636 - 1687. Measurements: h 74 mm × w 120 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Photo collection Government information service. Drawing "Mallewagen Alias the valet of florists". undated

Vignette at the end (p. 472) in: Poland illustrated, under the direction of Leonard Chodźko, Paris 1842 Porret, Henri Désiré (1800 1867), Tellier

Fokke, Simon, Amsterdam, Illustrations of Dutch history, Disaster of the ship De Wilhelmina in Greenland, 1777, verso - stamped, Illustration from Dutch history. Figures in an icy landscape near a tent. In the distance, behind a large ice floe, lies the wrecked boat. Illustration numbered at the top: XVI., print, prints, height 113 mm, width 125 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator, cartographer and admiral. He served the Crown of Castile. Landing of Christopher Columbus on the island of Guanahani, on 12th October 1492, erecting the cross and baptising the island in the name of Christ, calling it San Salvador Island (in the archipelago of The Bahamas). Engraving by Bertrand after Theodor de Bry (ca. 1528-1598), in the collection "Grands Voyages", published in Frankfurt, 1590. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

A woodcut engraving depicting galleons exchanging broadsides - note the sternpost rudder on the ship on the left. Dated 16th century

14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

Engraving depicting a Chinese Junk ship, which were used as seagoing vessels as early as the 2nd century AD and developed rapidly during the Song Dynasty and are still in use today. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting Ferdinand Magellan's ship 'Victoria'. Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies. Dated 16th Century

CONSTRUCCIONES NAVALES. NAVES DE COMBATE FENICIAS Y ASIRIAS COPIADAS DE BAJORRELIEVES DE NINIVE. Author: RAFAEL MONLEON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ship Painting Ship Painting, 17th century. Ink and colors on paper, 25 3/8 x 20 7/8 in. (64.5 x 53 cm). Asian Art 17th century

King James II escapes by night in a rowboat, 1688, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 110 mm × w 153 mm

Northern Netherlands, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Occupations in North Holland, Fishing: a harbour with a fish market, ca. 1600, on sign - engraved, ca. 1600. Fishing boats are moored in a harbour and the fish is unloaded. On the right a fish auction where fish is sold. On the right front a building with a sign: the Fisherman. In the middle behind a tower. No. 2 from a series of occupations in North Holland., print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, who catches another..fan (), on the facade of the house on the right - engraved, De Visser, height 103 mm, width 155 mm, 1586 - 1652-06-19, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings

Merchants transporting goods to the coast and waiting vessel by camel. From Andre Thevet 'Cosmographie Universelle' Paris 1575. Woodcut.

Vikings attacking, historical woodcut, circa 1880

Illustration showing ZHENG HE, the great early 15th century Chinese navigator on board a vessel. In 1405 he began a series of long voyages during which he visited thirty-one countries. Ancient Chinese woodcut

William Adams (September 24, 1564 - May 16, 1620), also known in Japanese as Anjin-sama (anjin, 'pilot'; sama, a Japanese honorific) and Miura Anjin, was an English navigator who travelled to Japan and is believed to be the first Englishman ever to reach that country. He was the inspiration for the character of John Blackthorne in James Clavell's bestselling novel Shogun. Soon after Adams' arrival in Japan, he became a key adviser to the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and built for him Japan's first Western-style ships. Adams was later the key player in the establishment of trading factories by the Netherlands and England. He was also highly involved in Japan's Red Seal Asian trade, chartering and captaining several ships to Southeast Asia. He died in Japan at age 55, and has been recognized as one of the most influential foreigners in Japan during this period.

The Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover, England. By V. Volpe. Dated c1530

Woodcut engraving depicting the flensing - the slicing of skin or fat from a whale. Dated 16th century

Photo reproduction of painting by Paul Delaroche: Richelieu.

Catastrope in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Seal hunters overwhelmed by a snowstorm. Forty members of the group died of hunger and cold. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 19 March 1832. Hunting, Mammal, Marine, Atlantic, Winter

Woodcut of galleons exchanging broadsides. Dated 16th Century

TOLEDO, Juan de (1611-1665). On board!. mid. 17th c. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

In 't Jaar 1559. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper (rejected attribution). Dating: c. 1789 - c. 1810. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 65 mm × w 55 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Landing van Scipio Africanus at Carthage, by Coxie, Michiel, c. 1555, Flemish gouache painting. He invaded North Africa to destroy Carthage in 205 BCE (BSLOC_2016_2_195)

The arrival of the French, engraving by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598), from The Discourse of Florida.

'Boarding', 17th century, Flemish Baroque, Oil on canvas, 47 cm x 84 cm, P01157. Author: CORNELIS DE WAEL (1592-1667). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Jetty, Dimensions of Normandy, vintage engraving. Jetty, Dimensions of Normandy, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659895

A woodcut engraving depicting whaling. Dated 16th century

'A KING'S SHIP DRESSED WITH THE COLOURS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS' Date: 1794

Guigue as close as possible, viewed from the side, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

The Saucy Aretusa and the Belle Poule; English Channel 17 June 1778; Illustration from Cassell's History of England, King's Edition Part 34

Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole. His crew of 114 included sailors, scientists, a physicist, three draftsmen, three naturalists, clergymen, and a mathematician. They left France in August, 1785. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and visited Easter Island and Hawaii. His ships reached the west coast of Alaska in 1786 and did extensive mapping of the North American west coast from Alaska to Monterey, California. Next La Pérouse landed at Botany Bay (Port Jackson), Australia, before heading for the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse took the opportuni

Shore scene with anchored boats and sailors. Vernet, Claude Joseph (French, 1714-1789) (designed after) painter c. 1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'7" x W 8'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from J. H. Harding, invoiced 11/17/1926; returned 6/16/1938. In shore scene near building in classical taste (R), boat being moored with on board sailors unloading a barrel, Turkish merchant with long pipe talking with man, & another woman with child in the back; vessel with sailors unloading merchandise & buildings in background; additional vessels & buildings along the coastline in distance Borders missing. An anonymous note on recto of GCPA 0209539 underlines Claude Joseph Vernet's influential role as a designer for this panel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 14561-a Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 211 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), pl. 289 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243243, 024

Captain Kidd Hanging In Chains From 'The Pirates Own Book' Published by the Marine Research Society 20th Century American School Engraving Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA

Sailing Boat Entering Grand Canal, Venice, 1910, Italy, by Pietro Gabrini, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original.

Belgium, plus d'incendie, plus de viole, no pillage, Departure of Prince Frederik, 1830, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the departure of Prince Frederik from Brussels, 1830. The prince in a sloop with disappointed Dutch soldiers and the Duke of Saxe-Weimar at the helm. In the distance a fortress on the coast., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 168 mm, width 265 mm, print maker, engraving maker, 1830 - 1831, paper, papier, lithografie (technique)

In Florida the French build a fort on a secure triangular shaped island. After a late 16th century work by Theodor de Bry.

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: A boat of William the Conqueror's fleet carrying soldiers with their shields, arriving at Pevensey on the English coast. Invasion Textile Linen

Belfast museum (Northern Ireland). Detail of the Game of Thrones Tapestry, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.

The Viceroy's Boat, Tomb of Huy A.D. 1926-27; original ca. 1353-1327 B.C. Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom Charles K. Wilkinson This facsimile painting copies a scene in the tomb of Amenhotep Huy (TT 40) at Thebes. Other parts of this scene are depicted in 30.4.18 and 30.4.20.. The Viceroy's Boat, Tomb of Huy 548577

Henry Hudson (1565-1611). English navigator and Arctic explorer. Hudson abandoned by his crew. Engraving by Charles Barbant (-1922).

Hanseatic Ship, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Cornelis de Wael / 'Boarding', 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 47 cm x 84 cm, P01157. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Capitana del Armata de Colco. Dimensions: plate: 9 x 12.8 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 9 x 13.2 cm (3 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Balthasar Moncornet after Remigio Cantagallina.

Eastern Mediterranean. Phoenician gallery. Engraving. 19th century. Later colouration.

The Boucicaut Master or Master of the Hours for Marshal Boucicaut was an anonymous French or Flemish miniaturist and illuminator active between 1400 and 1430 in Paris. He worked in the International Gothic style. He is named after his illustrated Book of Hours for Jean II Le Meingre Boucicaut, Marshal of France, which was created between 1410 and 1415. This Book of Hours is now in the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris.

Tunisia, Dougga, Mosaic work depicting Ulysses (Odysseus) and the Sirens

Reproduction of a fresco depicting Roman ships, from the Houses and Monuments of Pompeii, by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, Volume I, Temple of Isis, Plate IV, 1854-1896.

'Tarifa', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Greeting letter with fishermen and fishing nets. Greeting letter with unwritten cartouche inside a decorative frame with performances of fishermen and fish nets. Numbered bottom left: No. 7.

A Chinese boat. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A ship being blown by the wind

Frans brigantijn schip l'Heureuse Marianne waarop het reisgezelschap van Valette naar Agrigento vaarde. Brigantin Francais l'Heureuse Marianne, dans lequel nous fîmes le traject de la Valette à Girgenti. Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Louis Ducros. Dating: 1778. Measurements: h 372 mm × w 254 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Colombo: general view, with ships in the harbour Date: circa 1700

Balthasar Moncornet after Remigio Cantagallina, French (c. 1600-1668), Atalata condoti da Diana, etching on laid paper

Mathilde Est Prisononnière / Mathilde is being trapped, 1833 - 1856 print Leaf with a large representation of the capture of Mathilde, from the play by Mathilde and Malek Adhel (the cross knights) by Hendrik Kraaijesteijn. Under the show the title. Numbered in the middle: (2), numbered below: No. 85. Turnwood paper letterpress printing tales and fairy tales. militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc.

Cartier, Jacques, 1491 - 1.9.1557, French explorer, landing with colonists in Canada, 1542, drawing on map by Vallard 1546, Hundington Library, San Marino,

The last momentum of a great man The last momentum of a great man ". Anonymous print.

Misery Loves Company - The Sultan - Allah be praised! - Now that they've got another Sick Man, maybe they will let up on me, Political Cartoon, 1895

Gulliver leaves Lilliput, lantern slide, late 19th century. '...when all was prepared, I sent to receive his majesty's commands, and to take my leave. Having thus prepared all things as well as I was able, I set sail on the twenty-fourth day of September 1701, at six in the morning...'. A scene from "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726. One of a series of 12 'Superior Lithographic Coloured Lantern Slides...with Lecture complete', made in England c1870-1900.

Peter the First on a boat on the Moscow River. Artist - A. Kivshenko. Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 1682 until his death in 1725.

Italy, Campania, Amalfitana Coast, Vietri, Ceramics in the Country Center

Prang and Co. Holiday Publications Louis Kinney Harlow American 19th-20th century View more. Prang and Co. Holiday Publications. Louis Kinney Harlow (American, Wareham, Massachusetts 1850-1913). 19th-20th century. Lithograph. Prints

Europe. Medieval period. The Coque. 14th century. Engraving.

The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, (1493), 1903. Artist: Unknown.

A Spanish caravel. Woodcut from the Libre de Cosolat tractat dels fets maritims, Barcelona, 1502.

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188733

Illumination depicting Saint Nicholas from the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry (The Beautiful Hours) an early 15th-century illuminated manuscript book of hours. Dated 15th Century

IMAGEN DE SEVILLA VISTA DESDE TRIANA EN 1738 - AZULEJO DEL SIGLO XVIII EN LA CALLE MATEOS GAGO DE SEVILLA. Location: EXTERIOR. SPAIN.

Bayeux Tapestry. Harold and Companions with falcons and hounds advance towards their ship.

Playing cards with Spanish Armada designs, 16c.

Landing of Pedro Alvares Cabral in Porto Seguro, in 1500. Brazil

France. Paris. Measuring of salt. Engraving after "Ordonnances de la Prevoste des Marchands de Paris", 1500. Later colouration. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

The French whaling off Newfoundland Date: 1835

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition October 1, 1807 James Gillray British. British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition 391809

fishing whaling ""The shot on the Whale"" wood engraving after drawing by F. Lindner Germany 1897,

SETTING THE NET, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

S.S. "Normandie" Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. 1937. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Raft Of The Medusa, A New From: "The Little Journal, Paris" 1899 World History/France(- ) Colored Print

The ship of State, 1691, 1691 print The ship of State as a symbol of the dangerous companies of King William III and in particular the crossing from England to the Netherlands on January 31, 1691. The ship of State is sailing in quiet water, with the seven provincial layers and personifications of virtues on board. Central William III between the Dutch and British virgins. In the water and chained on shore various personifications associated with war. There are two admirals on the bow of the ship. Liberum Mare is now on the flag at the top of the mast. In heaven, peoples of the world, including original Americans, Africans and men with turban, are blinded by the radiant light of the naked truth with a Bible. At the bottom a leaf is stuck with the title and a verse in four columns. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing ships (in general) (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by wind). Native

Fishing for souls: allegory of the jealousy between the various religious denominations during the Twelve Years Truce (1609-1621) between the Dutch Republic and Spain. A river landscape with large numbers of people standing on either side of the river. In the river are several rowing boats. In the sky a rainbow is visible. The group of people on the left side are protestants with their patrons, the prices of Orange, Maurice and Frederick Henry, Frederick V of the Palatinate, James I of England and a youthful Louis XIII of France with his mother, Marie de' Medici. The rowing boat on the foregro

A hurricane sank Christopher Columbus's caravel Santa María in 1492. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Roman fresco of a cargo ship under sail. 1st cent. Pompeii. ITALY.

Ramakien mural in Phra Rabieng, gallery, Wat Phra Kaeo, Krung Thep, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

1861 Exhibition of Painting, A raft on the river Guayaquil, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Thonies, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 20-Jan-1786. Place: Galle. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 310 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Charles V Arriving in Gant to be Crowned Emperor. 1520. Solomon's book of services. Library of San Lorenzo del Escurial Monastery. Author: ROBERT DE KEYSER (1470-1532). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. Charles I (V of the Holly Roman Empire). CARLOS V ALEMANIA-CARLOS I DE ESPAÑA (1500-1558).

Ulysses and the Sirens - John William Waterhouse, 1891

Portuguese tiles in cloister at church of Sao Francisco, showing the hilltop city of Salvador; Salvador, Brazil

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