Sailing Collection (page 46)

HMS Victory at Portsmouth, 19th century. Nelsons ship Victory was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765

Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, Russian naval officer, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, Russian naval officer, 1895. Skrydlov commanded the Russian squadron that visited the Kiel Week sailing regatta in 1895 coinciding with the opening of the Kiel Canal

Homeward Bound, 1903. Artist: Thomas J Somerscales
Homeward Bound, 1903

Le Havre, Normandy, northern France, 1879. Artist: C Laplante
Le Havre, Normandy, northern France, 1879. Sailing ships at the port of Le Havre

On the coasts of the Baltic, 19th century. Artist: Alex Will
On the coasts of the Baltic, 19th century. The Baltic Sea near Palanga, Lithuania

General view of Saint Malo, Brittany, France, 20th Century. Spectators watching a yacht race

Marsh, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Marsh, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Model boat with rigging, tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. From the Treasure of Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC), discovered in the pharaohs tomb and today kept at the Cairo Museum, Egypt

View of the Nile, 19th century. Artist: Eugene Fromentin
View of the Nile, 19th century

Title page of Samuel Sturmy, Mariners Magazine, London, 1669. Artist: Samuel Sturmy
Title page of Samuel Sturmy Mariners Magazine, London, 1669. Sturmy (1633-1669) was a sea captain and sailed to the West Indies and Virginia

Seizure of the Dutch Fleet by the troops of Pichegru, January, 1795, (19th century). General Jean Pichegru (1761-1804) seizing the Dutch Fleet with calvary after their vessels became ice locked

Battle of Vigo Bay, Spain, 12 October 1702. Dutch plan of the engagement during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

Seascape with a fire in the distance, 1667. Artist: Ludolf Backhuysen I
Seascape with a fire in the distance, 1667

The Sun of Venice Going to Sea, 1843. Artist: JMW Turner
The Sun of Venice Going to Sea, 1843. From the Tate Gallery, London

Dispatch vessel HMS Iris, c1880. Launched in 1877, this was the first steel ship built for the British Admiralty. She was constructed of steel made by the Siemens-Martin process at Landore Siemens

Curvature of the Earth, c1880. Because the Earth is curved, distant objects, such as the furthest ships in this illustration, seem to sink below the horizon

Two East Indiamen off a Coast, Thomas Whitcombe, c1850. Artist: Thomas Whitcombe
Two East Indiamen off a Coast, Thomas Whitcombe, c1850. At this time the East India Company still governed India. The company was founded in 1600 to challenge the Dutch

Roman Mosaic of Fishing Boat, c2nd-3rd century. Bardo Museum

Detail of ships on carved lunette (window) from Greek Byzantine church, 9th-10th Century. At Byzantine Museum, Athens

Curvature of the Earth, 1764. Left: because of curvature, M cannot be seen by the ship at B, but can be from ship at C. Right

Feluccas on the Nile, Elephantine Island near Aswan, modern Egypt

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

Vasco da Gamas fleet at sea, 1497. In 1497, Vasco da Gama (c1469-1525), Portuguese navigator, became the first westerner to round the Cape of Good Hope, the tip of South Africa

Bayeux Tapestry, 1070s. The tapestry, which tells the story of the events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, was probably commissioned by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

Ariadne in Naxos; or, Very Like a Wail, 1882. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, left England in 1882 to tour America

Victoria and Albert, the first steam-driven royal yacht, c1855. Queen Victoria being cheered as the yacht carries her to the naval review at Spithead. Baxter needlebox print

Wall painting from tomb of Sennefer, Abydos, Ancient Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1450 BC. Detail showing a boat on the Nile with a square-rigged sail and oarsmen

Boats on the Nile, c1838-1839. Artist: David Roberts
Boats on the Nile, c1838-1839. In the foreground water is being raised by means of a shaduf. Watercolour by the Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864)

Mosaic makers, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Ship of Odysseus (Ulysses), King of Ithaca
Ship of Odysseus (Ulysses) King of Ithaca. His adventures are told in Homers Odyssey. Warned by the sorceress Circe of the danger of the irresistible song of the Sirens

Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870

Medal showing Henry Hudson ascending the Hudson River to Albany in 1609
Henry Hudson (c.1550-1611) English navigator, medal showing him ascending the Hudson River to Albany in 1609

Roman relief of a merchant ship with man overboard

Saynatsalo island on Lake Paijanne in August

St Brandan hown on his 7-year voyage to find Isle of St Brandon of Land of Saints
St Brandan (Brendan) Irish saint said to be born in 484 in Tralee. Brandon shown on his 7-year voyage to find Isle of St Brandon of Land of Saints. Engraving

Roman mosaic of a merchant ship, 2nd century
Roman mosaic of a merchant ship with steering orars, from the Square of the Corporations in Ostia, 2nd century

Russian battleship Retvisan, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Russian battleship Retvisan, built in Philadelphia, 1900. Destroyed on the first Japanese attack on Port Arthur, February 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5

Christopher Columbus during his voyage to America, Engraving, c1500. Engraving of an ivory niello showing Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Genoese explorer

Model of a boat with people aboard, Cyprus, Middle Bronze Age, 2000-1600 BC. Now in The Louvre

View of Amsterdam from the Sea, 17th century. Artist: Peter van den Velde
View of Amsterdam from the Sea, 17th century

A Battle Offshore, 17th century. Artist: Abraham Storck
A Battle Offshore, 17th century

Port of Marseilles, 1906-1907. Artist: Paul Signac
Port of Marseilles, 1906-1907. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Our next Ambassador to Naples. 1858. A British sailor holding the fuse of a loaded and aimed cannon. The reference is to an ongoing dispute between the British and Neapolitan governments

An Amsterdam Lighter and a Wieringer, 17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
An Amsterdam Lighter and a Wieringer, 17th century

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