Maritime Art

Aernout Smit (Amsterdam 1641-1710) The Dutch fleet lying in the harbour at Amsterdam, with the flagship approaching signed 'A. Smit' (on the side ...

Attributed to Cornelis van de Velde (London c.1675-1729) An English frigate heaving-to as she approaches an island oil on canvas, in a carved and ...

Circle of Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707) A wijdschip lying at the end of a pier oil on panel 14.1/8 x 12¼ in. (35.8 x 31.1 cm.) View on Christ...

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) A Royal Navy frigate firing a salute to announce her arrival at the anchorage signed and dated 'Lun...

John Ward (Hull 1798-1849) A Royal Navy frigate drifting from her anchorage on the Humber; and Shipping becalmed on the Humber (both illustrated) ...

Francis Swaine (London c.1715-1783) A warship saluting a British two-decker as she runs up the Strait of Dover in the Channel; and Shipping in a s...

Robert Dodd (1748-1815 London) An English frigate escorting a large international merchant convoy signed and dated 'R Dodd 1813' (lower right) oil...

Francis Swaine (London c.1715-1783) An Admiralty Yacht getting underway from her anchorage signed 'Swaine' (lower left) oil on copper, unframed 8 ...

Lieutenant Thomas Yates, R.N. (c.1760-1796 London) The Royal visit of H.M. King George III and H.M. Queen Charlotte to Plymouth Dockyard, Plymouth...

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) View of Southampton from the east across the River Itchen signed and dated 'T. Luny 1829' (lower le...

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) A Royal Navy frigate and armed cutter in the Channel off the Devonshire coast signed 'Luny' (lower ...

Richard Paton (London 1717-1791) A Royal Navy sloop, most probably H.M.S. Greyhound, in action with two heavily-armed Spanish galleys signed 'R. P...

Thomas Whitcombe (London c.1752-1824) The East Indiaman Pitt of London in two positions in the Channel off the Needles, Isle of Wight indistinctly...

Robert Salmon (Whitehaven 1775-c.1845) An armed packet drifting along the Thames off Woolwich with Galleons Reach astern of her and the East India...

John Bentham Dinsdale (Yorkshire 1927-2008) H.M.S. Dryad engaging the French frigate Prosperine, 13th June 1796 signed 'John Bentham Dinsdale' (lo...

Timothy Franklin Ross Thompson (Cottingham, Hull b.1951) H.M.S. Orion and a 38-gun frigate off Castle Cornet, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Is...

John Bentham Dinsdale (Yorkshire 1927-2008) The capture of U.S.S. President off New York, 14th January 1815 signed and dated 'John Bentham-Dinsdal...

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) The height of the action on the 'Glorious First of June', 1794 signed and dated 'Luny 1819' (lower ...

Ebenezer Colls (1812-1887) The destruction of the Droits de l'Homme, 13th January 1797 signed 'E Colls' (lower left) oil on canvas, within an over...

Thomas Buttersworth, Sen. (Isle of Wight 1768-1842 London) Trafalgar, 21st October 1805: H.M.S. Victory breaking through the enemy line signed 'T ...

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) The battle of Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801 signed and dated 'Luny 1819' (lower left) oil on canvas 36...

Philip John Ouless (St. Helier 1817-1885) The Royal Yacht Fairy, with Queen Victoria on board, threading her way through ships of the fleet anchor...

Nicholas Matthew Condy (Plymouth 1815-1851) A '74' emerging from Plymouth Sound oil on canvas 15½ x 24 in. (39.4 x 61 cm.) View on Christie's.com ...

Charles Augustus Mornewick (fl.1826-1858) H.M.S. San Fiorenzo engaging the French frigate Piémontaise off Ceylon, 6th - 8th March 1808 signed and ...

George Willem Opdenhoff (Fulda, Prussia 1807-1873 The Hague) Unloading the day's catch off the coast of the Low Countries signed 'G.W. Opdenhoff' ...

Petrus Paulus Schiedges, the Elder (The Hague 1813-1876) A steamer running inshore off the Low Countries signed and dated 'Schiedges 60' (lower le...

Thomas Buttersworth, Sen. (Isle of Wight 1768-1842 London) The arrival of H.M. King George IV in the Firth of Forth, on 14th August 1822, aboard H...

Attributed to Charles Henry Seaforth (Naples [?] 1801-after 1853) H.M.S. Shannon enforcing International Law between the Union gunboat Tuscarora a...

Derek George Montague Gardner, R.S.M.A. (Gerrards Cross 1914-2007) A fierce engagement between the H.M.S. Penguin and the French corvette Oiseau o...

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) An East Indiamen lying at anchor off the island of St. Helena with other East Indiamen getting unde...

Joseph Cartwright (Dawlish 1789-1829 London) A sixth rate, thought to be H.M.S. Talbot, 28-guns, lying on a mooring in Grand Harbour, Valetta, Mal...

John Lynn (fl.1828-1838) A racing cutter of the Royal Yacht Squadron beating to windward offshore signed and dated 'J Lynn/1835' (lower left) oil ...

Charles Henry Seaforth (Naples [?] 1801-after 1853) A Royal Navy three-decker lying in the anchorage at Spithead with a cutter yacht heading into ...

Nicholas Matthew Condy (Plymouth 1818-1851) A racing schooner of the Royal Yacht Squadron, thought to be Camilla, heeling in the breeze in the Cha...

Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst) An armed cutter chasing a smuggler signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON.' (lower right) oil o...

Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst) The rising wind: On deck aboard the Ethopian [?] signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower...

Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst) The American clipper Gem of the Ocean belting across the ocean in a steady breez...

Jack Lorimer Gray (Halifax, Nova Scotia 1927-1981 West Palm Beach) A Grand Banks schooner with dories stacked amidships and fishermen working on t...

Jack Lorimer Gray (Halifax, Nova Scotia 1927-1981 West Palm Beach) The fog warning signed 'JACK L. GRAY -...' (lower left) oil on canvas 30 x 50 i...

Jack Lorimer Gray (Halifax, Nova Scotia 1927-1981 West Palm Beach) Line fishing from schooners on the Grand Banks signed 'JACK L. GRAY' (lower lef...

Jack Lorimer Gray (Halifax, Nova Scotia 1927-1981 West Palm Beach) The Canadian fishing schooner Delawana on the Grand Banks of the North Atlantic...

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1850-1921 Hoboken, New Jersey) The Danish steamship Oscar II at sea signed and dated 'A. JACOBSEN 1911...

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1850-1921 Hoboken, New Jersey) The U.S.S. Constitution in full sail signed and dated 'ANTONIO JACOBSEN...

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1850-1921 Hoboken, New Jersey) The American liner St. Louis outward-bound oil on canvas 22 x 36 in. (5...

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1850-1921 Hoboken, New Jersey) The Atlantic Transport Line's Mohawk arriving off New York and under es...

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1850-1921 Hoboken, New Jersey) The New York Yacht Club's steam yacht Vanadis at sea signed, inscribed ...

James Gale Tyler (Oswego, New York 1855-1931 Pelham Manor, New York) The opening engagement of the Spanish-American War (1898): The flagship of Ad...

Liverpool School, 19th Century An American merchantman signalling for a pilot of the North Wales coast as she heads into Liverpool oil on canvas 2...

William Clark (Greenock 1803-1883) The Eliza Stewart under reduced sail in the Channel off the Eddystone lighthouse signed and dated 'Wm. Clark/18...

James Harris (Exeter 1810-1887 Swansea) An English brig under reduced sail off the coast with an island off her port bow signed 'Harris' (lower ri...

William Howard Yorke (Saint John, New Brunswick 1847-1921 Liverpool) The English full-rigger Patterhall inward-bound to Liverpool off the South St...

William Howard Yorke (Saint John, New Brunswick 1847-1921 Liverpool) The English three-masted barque Antarctic in full sail off the Bishop's Rock ...

Victor-Charles-Edouard Adam (1868-1938 Le Havre) The English clipper Harriet McGregor in French waters off Le Havre signed, inscribed and dated 'E...

John Wilson Carmichael (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1799-1868 Scarborough) Shipping in a stiff breeze off the north east coast signed and dated 'J.W. Carm...

John Wilson Carmichael (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1799-1868 Scarborough) Shipping in a spirited sea off Tynemouth oil on canvas 13 x 17¾ in. (33 x 45.1 ...

Attributed to John Wilson Carmichael (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1799-1868 Scarborough) Fishing vessels at anchor lying before the Citadel at Plymouth; a...

John Wilson Carmichael (Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1799-1868 Scarborough) Local craft and a saluting frigate in the bay of Rethymnon, Crete, with the por...

Vilhelm Melbye (Elsinore 1824-1882 Roskilde) A Spanish xebec and other commercial craft in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar at sunset signed and da...

James Edward Buttersworth (London 1817-1894 West Hoboken, New Jersey) Holding the lines: A clipper ship reefed-down and riding out the gale signed...

François-Étienne Musin (Ostend 1820-1888 Brussels) The closing stages of one of the battles in the Anglo-Dutch Wars signed 'f. Musin' (lower right...