Johann Baptiste Bouttats - The Arrival of Charles II at The Hague, 15 ...
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Capture of Fort Louis, Martinique, 1794
On 5th February 1794, Sir John Jervis and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, arrived at Martinique and by 20th March the whole island, with the exception of Fort Bourbon and Fort Royal, had submitted. Jervis... More
Coast scene with British man of war by Vernet
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Dominic Serres - Dominic Serres - Barrington's action at St Lucia 1778...
This shows Admiral Samuel Barrington's squadron at anchor across the Grand Cul de Sac on the west side of St Lucia, covering his invasion transports within it, on the day following his successful defence of the... More
East Indiamen in a Gale - Public domain painting
This is a portrait of an East Indiaman in the foreground, in port-quarter view. The ship in the distance to the left approaches in starboard-bow view, heeling on the port tack under fore and main-course. The w... More
End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 RMG BHC0374
When Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles was cruising in search of a Spanish treasure fleet off Havana in 1748, he heard of a squadron of seven Spanish men of war nearby. He met them on 1 October and a brisk action e... More
End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748
When Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles was cruising in search of a Spanish treasure fleet off Havana in 1748, he heard of a squadron of seven Spanish men of war nearby. He met them on 1 October and a brisk action e... More
Greenwich from the Isle of Dogs
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HMS 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' in Tahiti RMG L9757
View of Whitley Bay, Northumberland Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Cleveley the Elder - A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks
The exact location of the shipyard in this painting is unclear but it may be on the south bank of the Thames at Rotherhithe. The ship in the foreground ready for launching is a 24-gun sloop of war, much in use ... More
John Cleveley the Elder - Launch of a Fourth-Rate on the River Orwell
Launch of a Fourth-Rate on the River Orwell Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Cleveley the Elder - The East Indiaman 'Princess Royal'
The East Indiaman ‚Princess Royal‘ Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Cleveley the younger (1747-1786) (style of) - HMS 'Resolution' an...
Cleveley the younger, John; HMS 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' in Tahiti; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/hms-resolution-and-discovery-in-tahiti-173297
Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Norris coat of arms
Portrait of John Norris Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Knowles Action - Public domain map engraving
Knowles's Action off Havana (Revised April 2013) In February 1748 Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles left Port Royal, Jamaica, with eight ships of the line, to make an attack on Santiago de Cuba. Delayed by contrary... More
Dominic Serres - Men-of-War at Plymouth RMG BHC1066
Men-of-War at Plymouth This view shows a squadron commanded by a Vice-Admiral of the Red coming down the Hamoaze, outward bound from Plymouth. The view is from near Torpoint, on the Cornwall side, looking nort... More
Nicholas Pocock - The Frigate 'Triton'
This ship's portrait was painted for Vice-Admiral James Gambier, Lord Gambier. He was a Lord of the Admiralty at the time it was painted in 1797 and was the designer of the fifth-rate frigate, 'Triton', built ... More
Rendicion de navio san jose, British naval battle painting
Surrender of the San Josef in the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797). Español: Rendición del navío San José durante la Batalla del Cabo de San Vicente.
Samuel Scott - A Danish Timber Bark Getting Under Way
A ship-rigged cat-bark is shown on the right, with her anchors raised and making sail in very calm conditions. She is a Danish trading vessel flying their flag from the stern. Such ships were immensely strong ... More
Joseph Vernet - Seashore-vernet
Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Shipping in an Estuary van Beecq
(c) National Maritime Museum; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St Albans Deptford - Public domain drawing
The painting shows the 'St Albans', 60 guns man-of-war built at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1747. It is depicted being floated out of her building dock, flying the Admiralty flag, the Royal Standard, Union ... More
Joseph Vernet - Storm sh-vernet
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Studio of Ludolf Bakhuizen - A Dutch Yacht Before the Wind in a Harbou...
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The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' With a Royal Yacht in a Light Air
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The royal yacht 'Royal Escape'
The Royal Escape Close-Hauled in a Breeze. The royal yacht Royal Escape appears in the right foreground, seen from before the starboard beam. She flies a red ensign, jack and the common pendant of a man-of-wa... More
Willem van de Velde de Jonge - Een mediterraan Brigantine Drifting Ont...
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Charles Edward Dixon HMS Crescent French ship La Reunion Cotentin Peni...
Capture of French frigate La Reunion by Royal Navy Flora-class frigate HMS Crescent off the Normandy Cotentin Peninsula (Cherbourg Peninsula), in 1793, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Ep... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Fame 1759 in foul weather
HMS Fame (1759) in foul weather, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Hermione 1799 Puerto Cabello Santa Cecilia HM...
The cutting out of the Hermione by HMS Surprise from Puerto Cabello harbour, Venezuela, in 1799, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Formidable 1777 Admiral Rodney
HMS Formidable under Admiral George Brydges Rodney breaking the line during the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. Painting by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Prince George 1701 Battle of Malaga HMS Duke ...
HMS Prince George at the 1704 Battle of Malaga, the largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession, as flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir John Leake. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using a... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Nottingham 1703 French battleship Mars 1740 C...
Capture of the French battleship Mars by HMS Nottingham under Philip Saumarez, in 1746, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Majestic Battle of the Nile
HMS Majestic at the 1798 Battle of the Nile, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Arethusa 1759 Saucy Arethusa Belle Poule Figh...
The 1778 action between the frigates HMS Arethusa (aka Saucy Arethusa) and Belle Poule, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Arethusa 1759 Saucy Arethusa Belle Poule Figh...
The 1778 action between the frigates HMS Arethusa (aka Saucy Arethusa) and Belle Poule, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Speedy capturing Spanish frigate El Gamo Lord...
HMS Speedy, a Royal Navy brig under Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, capturing the Spanish frigate El Gamo off the coast of Barcelona, 6 May 1801. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Swallow 1703 Black Bart Battle of Cape Lopez ...
HMS Swallow , under Chaloner Ogle, at the Battle of Cape Lopez against pirate Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts) in his ship Royal Fortune, in which Roberts was killed. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned im... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory Santissima Trinidad Trafalgar Horatio...
Nelson's HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar closing in on the Santissima Trinidad, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory bomb ketches Horatio Nelson 1805
Bomb ketches saluting HMS Victory in December 1805, after Nelson's victory at Trafalgar on 20 October. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Centurion 1732 Nuestra Senora De Cabadonga Ad...
HMS Centurion, under Commodore George Anson, taking the Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga Spanish galleon on 20 June 1743, near Cape Espiritu Santo in the Philippines. The Nuestra Señora de Cavadonga was towed by th... More
Série des ports de France mg 5251
Series of paintings of the harbours of France
Série des ports de France mg 5255
Series of paintings of the harbours of France
Darsena di Napoli, XVII secolo - Archivio Accademia delle Scienze Tori...
Italiano: Darsena di Napoli - [Dipinto di G. van Wittel]
John Cleveley the Elder, The Royal George at Deptford Showing the Laun...
A fictitious combination of two events set in Deptford Dockyard in southeast London, England, UK: the launch of the H.M.S. Cambridge (left) in Deptford on 21 October 1755, and the H.M.S. Royal George (right) wh... More
John Cleveley the Elder - The Frigate H.M.S. Pallas in three postions ...
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John Cleveley the Elder - The 'Peregrine' in two positions off the coa...
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Bellona & Courageux 1761 - Public domain drawing
A drawing depicting the action of 14 August 1761 off Cape Finisterre at which HMS Bellona captured French ship Courageux. Drawn by H. Fletcher c. 1890 Brilliant is engaged with Maliceuse and Hermione at far right.[1]
Lady Penrhyn (sailing ship)
The Lady Penrhyn convict transport ship (British). Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Royal Charlotte - Indiaman
three-fold view: front, side, and rear Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adriaen Frans Boudewijns and Pieter Bout - Marine landscape with fishe...
Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Adriaen Frans Boudewijns and Pieter Bout - River landscape with fisher...
Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Fisher Harding Master Shipwright with the launch of the Royal Sovereig...
"Fisher Harding, Master Shipwright, active 1698-1701, with the Launch of the 'Royal Sovereign', 1701." Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
A Seaport on a Rocky Coast, Adrien Manglard, Bowes Museum
Manglard, Adrien; A Seaport on a Rocky Coast; The Bowes Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-seaport-on-a-rocky-coast-44705
Adriaen van Diest A British Fifth Rate signalling its arrival at a Con...
1A British Fifth Rate signalling its arrival at a Continental Port. Nederlands: Een Brits oorlogsschip kondigt zijn aankomst aan voor een Europese haven.
Battle of Fredrikshamn May 15 1790
Battle of Fredrikshamn May 15 1790 Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dominic Serres - Battle Of Trincomalee By Serres
1782 Battle of Trincomalee in the American Revolutionary War. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johann Baptiste Bouttats - An Honourable East India Company flagship r...
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Bremer Tonnenbojer - um 1770
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Caloriti - View of Grand Harbour, Marsamxett and Valletta
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Luca Carlevarijs - The Molo with the Ducal Palace - WGA04229
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Caspar van Wittel - Bacino di San Marco (detail) - WGA25839
Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Caspar van Wittel - View of Naples - WGA25833
Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Charles Brooking - Shipping in a Calm - WGA3301
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John Cleveley the Elder - The 'Royal Caroline'
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John Cleveley the Elder - H.M.S. Tryall in three positions off Antigua...
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John Cleveley the Younger, HMS Resolution and Discovery in Tahiti
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Robert Dodd (circle) - The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798
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Robert Dodd (attr.) - A three-masted merchantman in two positions off ...
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Dominic Serres - An English frigate passing a Dutch merchantman
An English frigate passing a Dutch merchantman in congested waters Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dominic Serres - An English frigate running into Portsmouth harbour
Vistas of Portsmouth Harbour from the open sea, showing warships entering or leaving port, have been a common theme for generations of British marine artists, whereas views from inside the harbour looking out a... More
Dominic Serres - An English man-o'war shortening sail entering Portsmo...
An English man-o'war shortening sail entering Portsmouth harbour, with Fort Blockhouse off her port quarter
Francis Holman, Commodore James in the Protector, with the Revenge and...
Commodore James in the Protector, with the Revenge and the grab Bombay in the bay off the Suvarnadrug fort at Gheriah, India, April 1755. A depiction of a naval attack on 2 April 1755 against the fortress of T... More
Franz Josef Frühbeck Sturm
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Gaspare van Wittel - Posillipo with the Palazzo Donn'Anna
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Hackert Catania, 19th century painting
This is a fragment of «Russian navy near Catania coast». This picture is locared in Central Naval Museum in Saint-Petersburg. The picture illustrate way of Russian navy in 1769 from Baltic sea to Greece in Rus... More
Jacob Philipp Hackert - Küstenlandschaft bei Vietri (1776)
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Harlingen - Schoorsteenstuk Statenjacht, A. Oostendorp
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Hendrik Rietschoof - A Dutch Flagship and other Vessels off a Rocky Co...
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HMS Victory sinking - Public domain painting
Peter Monamy was one of the first English artists to establish a native school of marine painting. His work is often alleged to "show an overwhelming influence of the Dutch style", but the authentic works crea... More
Isaac Sailmaker - A flagship arriving in the Thames off Greenwich Hosp...
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Isaac Sailmaker - A Ship Flying the Royal Standard with other Vessels ...
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Isaac Sailmaker - English Sailing Vessels off the Coast of Dover
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Isaac Sailmaker - Men-o'-War and other Vessels before the Eddystone Li...
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Jacob van Strij - Het jacht van de kamer Rotterdam begroet een Oostind...
The yacht of the Chamber of Rotterdam for the Dutch East India Company salutes an East-Indiaman and a Dutch man-of-war on the roadstead of Hellevoetsluis.label QS:Len,"The yacht of the Chamber of Rotterdam for ... More
Jacob van Strij - Het Jacht van de kamer Rotterdam
detail Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jan Claesz. Rietschoof - A Dutch merchantman and a spritsail barge
Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Johan Philip Korn-fikebåtar
Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
John Cleveley the Younger, The Resolution and Discovery off Hawaii
The Resolution and Discovery off Hawaii. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Julius Caesar Ibbetson - A Beached Collier Unloading into Carts
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
KnowlesHavana1748 - Public domain drawing
Drawing, inscribed at top, apparently by the artist 'The Burning of the Affrica Reggio's ship of 74 guns about 10 or 12 leagues to windward of the Havana by the Cornwall and Strafford. Oct 1748.' It shows th... More
L'Intérieur du Port de Marseille
Français : L'Intérieur du Port de Marseille Public domain photograph of French city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lord Howe on the deck of HMS Queen Charlotte 1 June 1794
Glorious First of June(For a detailed description see linked museum website.)
Lutine 1 - Drawing. Public domain image.
French Frigate Lutine, launched in 1779, captured by the Royal Navy, recommissioned as HMS Lutine, and lost in 1799.
Marco Ricci - Coastal View with Tower - WGA19397
Public domain photo of an Italian art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Marquis Cornwallis in 1793
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Peter Monamy - The flagship Royal Sovereign saluting at the Nore
Designed by Surveyor Harding and built under his direction, the second Royal Sovereign to serve in the fleet was a majestic three-decker measured at 1,883 tons and 174 feet in length with a 50 foot beam. With a... More
Peter van der Velde (Umkreis) Auslaufende Ostindienflotte vor Malta
German: Auslaufende Ostindienflotte vor Malta.title QS:P1476,de:"Auslaufende Ostindienflotte vor Malta." label QS:Lde,"Auslaufende Ostindienflotte vor Malta."
Rochefort Vernet vues des ports de France
Vue du port de Rochefort (détail), peinture de Joseph Vernet Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description