Waves Collection (page 19)

Canute And His Courtiers, 11th century, (c1850). Cnut was King of England, Denmark and Norway from 1016-1035. Here, sycophantic courtiers try to convince him he is so powerful he can command the sea

Captain Blighs boat abandoned by the Bounty, 1789 (1886). Artist: JR Ashton
Captain Blighs boat abandoned by the Bounty, 1789 (1886). William Bligh is best known for the mutiny that occurred against his command, aboard HMS Bounty

The Endeavour on the reef, Australia, 1770 (1886). The Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef on 10 June 1770

Cape Raoul, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849. Artist: Hokusai
Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849

Leif Ericson Discovering America, (20th century). Artist: Per Krohg
Leif Ericson Discovering America, (20th century). Ericson (975-1020), an Icelandic explorer, is believed to have been one of the first Europeans to set foot on the continent of North America

Cap Haitien, Haiti, 19th century. Artist: Charles Barbant
Cap Haitien, Haiti, 19th century

Cap Tiburon, Haiti, 19th century. Artist: T Weber
Cap Tiburon, Haiti, 19th century

Wave-worn icebergs, 1877. Iceberg with holes caused by the eroding action of waves

Pitcairn Island, Pacific Ocean, 1877. The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians who accompanied them

Bahia, Brazil, 1877. Sailing ships off the coast of Bahia

Dover, Kent, 1860. Artist: E Finden
Dover, Kent, 1860. Ships in rough weather off the Channel port of Dover

Hurst Castle, Portsmouth, 1860. Artist: W Mossman
Hurst Castle, Portsmouth, 1860. Hurst Castle is one of Henry VIIIs Device Forts built at the end of a long shingle spit at the west end of the Solent to guard the approaches to Portsmouth

Rolling Waves. Artist: Veshchilov, Konstantin Alexandrovich (1878-1945)
Rolling Waves. From a private collection

Stormy Sea, 17th century. Artist: Dutch Master
Stormy Sea, 17th century. Found in the collection of the M Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Stormy Sea, 17th century. Artist: Hans Goderis
Stormy Sea, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Stormy Sea, 17th century. Artist: Pieter Mulier the younger
Stormy Sea, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History and Art, Serpukhov, Russia

Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Artist: Ivan Bilibin
Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

At the Livadia shore, 1895. Artist: Lev Felixovich Lagorio
At the Livadia shore, 1895. Lagorio, Lev Felixovich (1827-1905). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Entrance of the Meuse... c1819. Artist: JMW Turner
Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing SE by S, Masensluys E by S, c1819. From the Tate collection, London

Smeatons Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon, c1850. Built on the treacherous Eddystone Rocks by John Smeaton 1n 1756-1759, this was the third lighthouse on the site, 14 miles south of Plymouth

Lost at Sea, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Lost at Sea, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 3rd January 1891

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

The Boat, 1820-1876. Artist: George Sand
The Boat, 1820-1876. George Sand was the pseudonym of the French novelist and feminist Amandine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant (1804-1876)

The Storm, 1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Storm, 1569. An unfinished work, probably the artists last painting. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Lands End, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Lands End, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Lands End is a headland and the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England with granite dating to the Permian period, 268-275 million years old

Loch Brittle in winter, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Loch Brittle in winter, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Loch Brittle is a sea loch on the southwest coast of Skye in Scotland. A sandy beach separates Glen Brittle from Loch Brittle

The Wave, 1867-1869. Artist: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877)
The Wave, 1867-1869. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

The Sea, 1867. Artist: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877)
The Sea, 1867. Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Heavy Sea at Pourville, 1897. Artist: Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
Heavy Sea at Pourville, 1897. Found in the collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Port-Goulphar, Belle-Ile, 1887. Artist: Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
Port-Goulphar, Belle-Ile, 1887. Found in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Fishing nets at Pourville, 1882. Artist: Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
Fishing nets at Pourville, 1882. Found in the collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

Rescue from a shipwreck in a storm off Les Sables-d Olonne, France, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Rescue from a shipwreck in a storm off Les Sables-d Olonne, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 28th November 1891

Shipwreck of the La Bourdonnais, Sainte Marie, Madagascar, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Shipwreck of the La Bourdonnais, Sainte Marie, Madagascar, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 25th March 1893

Roman relief of a merchant ship with man overboard

Pozzuoli, 1852. Creator: Alexandre Calame
Pozzuoli, 1852

Een Samoureus, 17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
Een Samoureus, 17th century

The Takihi Shrine, Oki Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-O... ca. 1853
The Takihi Shrine, Oki Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces, ca. 1853

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping