Prow Collection

Mori Motonari Attacking Sue Harutaka at Itsukushima, 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Mori Motonari Attacking Sue Harutaka at Itsukushima, 1880. Series: A Mirror of Great Warriors of Japan

Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. The navigation of this great river, which, below the confluence of the Punjaub "five rivers"...has yet a further course of five

Shinagawa, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Shinagawa, c1802. From Famous Views of the Eastern Capital

Prow of a sailing ship, 1797-1838. Creator: Johannes Christiaan Schotel
Prow of a sailing ship, 1797-1838

Allegory of the city of Paris, 1901. Creator: Louise Abbema
Allegory of the city of Paris, 1901

Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Dutch Ship with Ornamental Prow Seen from Starboard Quarter, n.d. Creator: Willem van de Velde I
Dutch Ship with Ornamental Prow Seen from Starboard Quarter, n.d

Pre-Viking head of a sea-monster, probably from the prow of a ship

Negro students working at shipbuilding at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. 1899 or 1900. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va

A fishermans work is hard and many times they fall exhausted... Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
A fishermans work is hard and many times they fall exhausted on the decks to sleep for hours at a time. Gloucester, Massachusetts

On board the fishin boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
On board the fishin boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The bow of the Alden nosing out to the sea early in the morning

Giacomo Frusteri in the prow of the seining boat as it races to... Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943
Giacomo Frusteri in the prow of the seining boat as it races to encircle a school of mackerel. Gloucester, Massachusetts

Twixt Two Worlds; After Arthur Hopkins, R. W. S. 1888. Creator: Unknown
Twixt Two Worlds; After Arthur Hopkins, R.W.S. 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Coin Depicting a Ships Prow, after 307-243 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Coin Depicting a Ships Prow, after 307-243 BCE

Elaine, 1874. Creator: Toby E Rosenthal
Elaine, 1874. Scene from Idylls of the King, a 19th-century version of the Arthurian legends, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: the body of Elaine

Head of a Child on the Bow of a Ship, from Divers Masques, ca. 1635-45

Plate 7: Peleo et Talamone Argonauti condotti da Tetide, from The magnificent pageant on the Arno in Florence for the marriage of the Grand Duke

Plate 16: The Argonaut Asterion led by a young figure of lightning (Asterione argonote condoti da Giove fulmina), with two female figures seated between Asterion and the figure of lightning

Plate 2: The Argonaut Amphion led by Mercury (Anfione Argon. condotto da Mercurio), with a fantastic beast head at the prow and Amphion seated at the stern

Plate 1: Ship of Hercules (Barcha del Hercole), with dragon-headed prow and Hercules on platform behind oarsmen and standing soldiers

Scandinavian wood-carvings, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Scandinavian wood-carvings, (1898). Northern - Wood Carving - Fig 1: Porch of the church at Hedal. Fig 2: Side portion of the Porch of the church at Austad

A New-York River-Front, 1874. Creator: William James Palmer
A New-York River-Front, 1874. Sailing ships on the quay in New York Harbour, New York, USA....a quaint and picturesque scene, lying but a short distance from the Battery on the East-River side

Monument at New Plymouth, to Mark the Site of the Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1890. The first English settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, had Puritan Calvinist religious beliefs

The old fortress of Fredrikshald, Norway, c1905. Creator: Unknown
The old fortress of Fredrikshald, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Marok and the giant heights behind it, S. S. E. from Geirangerfjord, Norway, c1905
Marok and the giant heights behind it, S.S.E. from Geirangerfjord, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Balders Funeral Ship, 1925. Balder (Baldr) is a Norse god associated with light and beauty. From The Book of Myths by Amy Cruse, 1925

The Battle of London Bridge, 1014 (1913). Artist: Morris Meredith Williams
The Battle of London Bridge, 1014 (1913). The Saxon bridge was pulled down in 1014 by the Norwegian prince Olaf, who was aiding King Aethelred in regaining London from the Danes

King Olafs Long Serpent, 10th century (1913). Artist: Morris Meredith Williams
King Olafs Long Serpent, 10th century (1913). The Long Serpent was a ship, constructed by the master shipbuilder Thorberg Skafhog for the Norwegian King Olaf Trygvason (c960-1000)

Youth on the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm, 1830-32, (c1915). Artist: William Etty
Youth on the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm, 1830-32, (c1915). Held by the Tate, London. From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

The mummy of Tutankhamun crossing the Nile for the last time, Egypt, 1325 BC (1933-1934). The funeral bark is a copy of a boat which was kept at Abydos and specially dedicated to the use of Osiris

Youth at the Prow and (Mixed) Pleasure at the Helm, 1912. A print from Punch, or The London Charivari, 29th May 1912

The Royal Barge, c1888. Built about 1600. In the custody of J A Messenger, Her Majestys Bargemaster. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

Leading Seaman, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Leading Seaman, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Viking ship, Norway, 9th Century
The Gokstad Ship, Viking, Norway, 9th Century. Front view. Used for a Viking ship burial, the Gokstad Ship was excavated in 1880. From the Viking Ship Museum, Bygdoy

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

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

Viking ship with dragon prow, 14th century. The ship is carrying warriors to attack a second vessel (left). Detail from a painting in a Danish church

Maori canoe prow, New Zealand

Roman mosaic of a Roman warship, c. 2nd century BC
Roman mosaic of a Roman warship, in Sousse Museum. Note the ram at the prow, and the eye for good luck, c.2nd century BC

Norse dragon-prowed ship, c10th Century
Norse dragon-prowed ship. Anglo-Saxon manuscript, 10th Century. Now in the British Museum London

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