Sailing Collection (#41)

Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Boys in aprons learning metalwork in the smithy

Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Seamanship training: boys standing on the masts and rigging of an old sailing ship with part of the hull removed

The Exmouth training ship, River Thames, London, 1937. A parade of Navy cadets in uniform are on the deck. The river and far bank can be seen in the background

Sailing barges, Battersea, London, 1906
Sailing barges, Nine Elms Wharf, Battersea, London, 1906. These barges are moored on the River Thames at Messrs AH Lavers wharf looking north

View of West India Docks from the south east, 1840. Artist: William Parrott
View of West India Docks from the south east, 1840. Showing figures making repairs to ships and boats or handling cargo

Ship in the East India Docks, London, c1840. A large ship moored at the quay of the East India Docks. A man in the foreground rows a smaller boat, while others sit and talk

The Blackwall Railway Terminus and Brunswick Pier, Blackwall, Poplar, London, c1840
The Blackwall Railway Terminus and Brunswick Pier, Blackwall, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London, c1840. On the busy River Thames steam vessels pass up and down, including the Brunswick and the Propeller

Dice Quay, Lower Thames Street, London, 1788. Artist: Charles Ansell
View of Dice Quay, London, 1788; with figures waiting to embark for Margate, Kent

West India Docks, Poplar, London, 1830. Artist: William Parrott
West India Docks, Poplar, London, 1830; view of a ship being fitted out by caulkers, shipwrights, riggers and sailors

The Southwark Iron Bridge, London, 1822
A view of Southwark Bridge from Bankside, London, 1822, with St Pauls Cathedral in the distance

A Lake with Sailing Boats, c1864-1930. Artist: Anna Lea Merritt
A Lake with Sailing Boats, c1864-1930

The Park Keeper, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

The Quarter-Gunners Yarn, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Quarter-Gunners Yarn - When the barge came alongside like bullocks we roared. Illustration relating to Admiral Robert Blake (1598 – 1657)

The Death of Admiral Blake (1599-1657) illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea
The Death of Admiral Blake (1599-1657) - For the great heart faltered on the threshold, And darkness took the land his soul desired

The Old Superb, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Old Superb - So Westward ho! for Trinidad and Eastward ho! for Spain. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub. 1905 (colour litho)

Hawke, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
Hawke - The Frenchmen turned like a covey down the wind When Hawke came swooping from the West. Illustration relating to Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke (1705 - 1781)

The Bright Medusa, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Bright Medusa - Then she rakes him fore and aft Till hes just a jolly raft. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub. 1905 (colour litho)

The Song of the Sou Wester, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Song of the Sou Wester - He played with the fleet as a boy with boats Till out for the Downs we ran. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub

Drakes Drum, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
Drakes Drum - Drake he was a Devon man, an ruled the Devon seas. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub. 1905 (colour litho)

Red Jacket - In the Ice off Cape Horn, on her passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854
Clipper Ship, Red Jacket - In the Ice off Cape Horn, on her passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854, pub. 1855, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Clipper Ship, Flying Cloud, pub. 1852, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph). It was designed by Donald McKay of Boston and considered one of the greatest clippers ever built

The Magic Potion, 1905. Artist: Dora Curtis
The Magic Potion, 1905. An illustration from Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table by Beatrice Clay, 1st Edition, 1905

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)

Harald Fairhair, King of Norway, 9th or 10th century (1913). Harald I of Norway (c850-c933), known as Harald Fairhair, was the first King of Norway, ruling from 872-930

The Coming of the Northmen, 1913. Artist: Morris Meredith Williams
The Coming of the Northmen, 1913. The Viking invasions of Britain began with the raid on the island monastery of Lindisfarne in 793

Clipper Ship Dreadnought- off Tuskar Light, pub. 1856, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Clipper Ship Nightingale, 1854, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. Storm of 20th June

A Frigate Reefing Sails in a Freshening Wind and some other Ships, 1836. Creator: CW Eckersberg
A Frigate Reefing Sails in a Freshening Wind and some other Ships, 1836

The 84-Gun Danish Warship "Dronning Marie" in the Sound, 1834. Creator: CW Eckersberg
The 84-Gun Danish Warship "Dronning Marie" in the Sound, 1834

Sailing from Copenhagen to Charlottenlund, 1824. Creator: CW Eckersberg
Sailing from Copenhagen to Charlottenlund, 1824

A Seascape. The coast of the Island of Rügen in Evening Light, 1818. Creator: Johan Christian Dahl
A Seascape. The coast of the Island of Rugen in Evening Light, 1818

A Privateer Outsailing a Pursuing Frigate, 1845. Creator: CW Eckersberg
A Privateer Outsailing a Pursuing Frigate, 1845

A Frigate and some other Ships Cruising, 1845. Creator: CW Eckersberg
A Frigate and some other Ships Cruising, 1845

Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt Gough... 1857
Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt. Gough and the Australian Mails, 1857....the Royal mail steamer Emeu

Ships off the Coast of Iceland, 1878. Creator: Carl Frederik Sorensen
Ships off the Coast of Iceland, 1878

Presidential yacht at Oyster Bay, L.I. 1905: guests standing amid ships, 1905. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Presidential yacht at Oyster Bay, L.I. 1905: guests standing amid ships, 1905

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: midshipman and girl sitting beneath bell, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: Target practice at sea, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: Target practice at sea, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: midshipmen and visitors on grounds, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: going aboard the training submarine, (1902?)

New York Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L.I. 1905: 2 men watching sailor hoist flag, 1905. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
New York Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L.I. 1905: 2 men watching sailor hoist flag, 1905

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Md.: New armory - under construction, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Md.: New armory - under construction, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Md.: cadets lined up in row leading to building, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1901. Midshipmen, class of 1902, incl. James O. Richardson, sit on Second Class Bench in semi-circle in front of Tripoli Monument

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?). Instructor and cadets at attention, with rifles

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: 4 midshipmen carrying a man; crowd of guests along sidewalk, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: section in mathematics, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: section in mathematics, (1902?)

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