Galley Collection (page 3)

Leghorn Galley, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

French Galley, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

The Battle of Actium, at which Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra, 31 BC (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 4, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Ships cook, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
Ships cook, 1890-1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Combat between Roman and Veneti vessels, Loire river, 56 BC (1882-1884). Artist: Dietrich
Combat between Roman and Veneti vessels, Loire river, 56 BC (1882-1884). The Veneti were a Gallic tribe that inhabited Brittany

Relief showing the Roman lighthouse at Ostia, port of Rome, Italy, 1956. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

A galley, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Field
A galley, London, 1926-1927. This galley, probably Roman, was found when the foundations for County Hall were being dug up in 1910

A ships galley, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Venetian galley, (c1880). Galleys, ships propelled using oars, were used from ancient times until at least the 16th century

The Expedition of the French and Genoese to Barbary, 15th Century. Artist: Master of the Harley Froissart
The Expedition of the French and Genoese to Barbary, 15th Century. Miniature colour print from The Chronicler of European Chivalry by GG Coulton, (London, 1930)

The Roman galleys. Relief detail of Trajans Column, 1st-2nd century. Artist: Classical Antiquities
The Roman galleys. Relief detail of Trajans Column, 1st-2nd century. Found in the collection of the Museum fur Antike Schifffahrt, Mainz

A Galley of Malta, c. 1680. Artist: Castro, Lorenzo (active 1672-1686)
A Galley of Malta, c. 1680. Found in the collection of the Yale University

The Roman galleys. Mosaic from Ravenna, copy. Artist: Classical Antiquities
The Roman galleys. Mosaic from Ravenna, copy. Found in the collection of the Museum fur Antike Schifffahrt, Mainz

The Galley of Cleopatra, c1900. Cleopatra VII (reigned 51-30 BC) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, coming to the throne after the death of her father Ptolemy XII Auletes

Greek relief of an Athenian warship (Trireme) from the Acropolis in Athens

Roman relief of a war triereme. Note the ram at the prow, and the large steering-oar at the stern

Roman war galley equipped with a corvus (right), 18th century. The corvus was a weapon used for boarding enemy vessels, developed in the First Punic War against the Carthaginians

Battle of Lepanto, October 1571. The fleets of Spain, Venice and the Pope, under the command of Don Juan of Austria, defeated the Turks in the last great sea battle involving galleys

Constantinople, mid 16th century. Artist: Giovanni Andrea Vavassori
Constantinople, mid 16th century. Caravels and galleys flying Turkish (crescent) and Hapsburg (double-headed eagle) flags

Constellation of Argo Navis, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Bayer (1572-1625)

Combat between several rowboats and ships, two groups of men in rowboats fighting to left, two ships full of combatants to right, other ships and clouds of smoke in the background

A rowboat full of men in center, a group of men standing on shore at left, a ship full of men, one firing a pistol, at right, from Set of eight nautical landscapes (Suite de huit Marines), 1639

Three men wearing hats standing in center, men fixing a ship to right, five ships and various figures in center background, from Set of eight nautical landscapes (Suite de huit Marines), 1639

A galley arriving at port to left, several rowboats in center, ships at port to right, from Set of eight nautical landscapes (Suite de huit Marines), 1639

Peleus and Talamon, from the series Vessels of the Argonauts, for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de Medici in Florence, 1608, 1608

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