sailing ships

[Aeneas' ship landing on an island]

Illus. in: French ed. of Virgil's Aeneid, publ. in Lyon in 1483 by Guillaume Le Roy. Reference copy may be in LOT 4714. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...

Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... More

[Bacon's ship embarking on a voyage, flanked by mythical pillars of He...

Frontispiece in: Instauratio magna / Francis Bacon. Londini : Apud J. Billium, 1620. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, opp. p. 1.

[Three ships sailing in a storm]

Plate 4. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Willemsz, 1646. This record contains unverified, old data from c... More

[Three ships sailing with birds or flying fish in the background]

Illus. opposite p. 10. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Willemsz, 1646. "no. 3" upper right corner. This r... More

[Ships in close combat in harbor]

Illus. in: De Americaensche zee-roovers [Pirates of America] by A.O. Exquemelin. Publ. Amsterdam, 1678. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships; Pirates.

A view of the north entrance of the harbour of St. Catherines J. Wood ...

"Pl. II" top right of print. Plate 2 from: Atlas to Anson's Voyage round the world, 1745. [London : 1745?]. Title from item.

An exact prospect of Charlestown, the metropolis of the province of So...

Print shows a view of the waterfront at Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, with several ships and small boats in the harbor and men, some with fishing nets, standing on a bit of land in the lower le... More

Veduta del porto de Malamocco ai lidi di Venezia / F. Tironi pinxit ; ...

Print showing harbor scene in Venice. Title from item. Caption continues: Fortezza S. Pietro, eretta circa l'anno 1650.

[Marine -- shows a ship lying on its side] / Bernard direxit.

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières, par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d'artistes.... Paris : Chez Panckoucke, 1782-1830, vol. 166, pl. 59... More

Veduta del porto di ancona L. De Vegni inc

Print shows a view of the port of Ancona with several sailing ships, rowboats, and activity on a wharf. Title from item. Printed at top center: No. 2. Trimmed to within plate mark at top. Blind stamped on lower... More

The narrows near New York 1798 / JFP.

Drawing shows view from aboard a ship of another ship passing through the Narrows, pine covered hills with buildings flying the Union Jack, and of the harbor and Stapleton in the background (possibly after a pr... More

The narrows near New York 1798 / JFP.

Drawing shows view from aboard a ship of other ships off the Narrows, with buildings along the shore, and Union Jack flags (possibly after a pre-Revolution drawing). Title from item.

Navio de primera linea con bandera de vice almirante

Print shows a drawing of a sailing ship; sails are identified by letter and number; a corresponding key is printed on the right next to the image. Gift; Louise McDanell Browne; 1948. Title from item. Inscribed ... More

Miya

Print shows a large building on the corner of the seawall, possibly an inn or temple, and a large ship departing the Miya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibu... More

Maisaka

Print shows two ships headed out to sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsugiri... More

Packet boat grounded for tarring beside wharf--Men and wagon in foregr...

John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, possibly looking north toward Sul...

Drawing shows in lower left the figure of a man walking along the shoreline and a larger preliminary sketch of the man, also to the right of the man is a preliminary sketch of a woman walking to the right carry... More

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showin...

Title devised by Library staff. Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Includes a remarque at lower left center of sheet showing the figure of a man in a rowboat. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print S... More

A view taken from the S.W. end of Charleston, S.C. Jany 17th 1812

Title from item. Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 90. (DLC/PP-1995:140.90). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps coming down the Cooper Ri...

Title devised by Library staff. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 93. (DLC/PP-1995:140.93). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

A representation of the great storm at Providence, Sept. 23d 1815 / pa...

Print shows flooding in Providence, Rhode Island from Narragansett Bay after a hurricane that struck on September 23, 1815. Sailing ships, fishing boats, and small buildings are awash in the tidal waves. People... More

Water proof

Print shows a female figure possibly representing Columbia or Commerce, full-length, seated, facing right, wearing a helmet with an eagle(?) with wings spread on top; she is holding a pike with her right hand, ... More

Ships at sea, one during a storm C.K

Print shows five different ships, some may be schooners, three at sea, one of which has sustained damaged during storm; at bottom is a harbor view with two ships, a small sailboat, and a view of a city in the d... More

Ships at sea, some undersail, one shipwreck C. Köpper

Print shows five different ships at sea, two are three-masted ships, one of which has wrecked near rocks; other ships may be schooners. The two larger designs are signed "C. Köpper". Title devised by Library st... More

[Title page with sailing ship, starboard view]

The phantom ship from legendary ballads by Thomas Moore, arranged for ...

Sheet music cover showing ship in foreground and other ship in background.

Kazusa no kairo

Print shows the port side of a ship, with Mount Fuji in the background.

Takanawa ōkido no zu

Print shows sailing ships in the harbor, men moving goods by hand and with carts in the port area, and a small building, possibly the customs house. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Kanagawa

Print shows travelers walking up steep street with shops and inns on the left offering view of the ocean where ships are anchored or under sail.

The United States ship of the line Delaware

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Evans, James.

Kanagawa

Print shows travelers walking up incline on the Tōkaidō Road at the Kanagawa station with village buildings and harbor with ships on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spo... More

Takanawa no zu

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and travelers on foot and horseback along the waterfront of Takanawa, with ships coming into port and at anchor in the background, and a public house on the left. Title... More

Eitai bashi Fukagawa shinchi

Print shows pedestrians crossing large wooden bridge spanning a river or inlet at Fukagawa; also shows large ships in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Study sketches of two ships - a sailing ship and a steamship, possibly...

Title devised by Library staff. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Docum... More

Two views, one of a shipwrecked vessel on the shore, the other of a li...

Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress). Paper creased wit... More

Ship at a wharf along the waterfront in Philadelphia, the cityscape vi...

Title devised by Library staff. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Docum... More

Man playing fetch with a dog near a cluster of trees, ship rigging und...

Title devised by Library staff. Paper torn across the bottom, irregularly shaped. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collectio... More

Topographical view of buildings along the far shore of a river, with s...

Title devised by Library staff. Paper irregularly shaped. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Cong... More

United States almanac, for the year 1841

Print shows the title page for the United States Almanac for the year 1841 showing the deity Mercury/Hermes soaring above the waterfront at Philadelphia with ships and boats on the Delaware River and two men mo... More

Columbus / painted by J.M.W. Turner R.A. ; engraved for the Eclectic M...

Print shows an anxious Christopher Columbus standing on the deck of his ship at night, under a crescent moon, searching the horizon for any sign of land. There appear to be two figures in the dark clouds direct... More

From the Cambria steamer, starting from Boston, U.S. Bunker's Hill Mon...

Drawing shows view of ships in Boston Harbor. To the right, Bunker Hill Monument. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Title from item. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Approaching Boston U.S. July 17th 1846

Drawing showing two panoramic views of Boston, Massachusetts, from a vantage point in the harbor; top, "WNW 5 miles" with ship under sail on the left, at "1st sight of Boston U.S. Friday July 17th 1846, Cambria... More

Approaching Boston U.S. July 17th 1846

Drawing showing two panoramic views of Boston, Massachusetts, from a vantage point in the harbor; top, "WNW 5 miles" with ship under sail on the left, at "1st sight of Boston U.S. Friday July 17th 1846, Cambria... More

The Hudson River at Albany, U.S. Saturday July 18th 1846

Drawing shows several ships at dock on the waterfront of the Hudson River, and a view of the landscape across the river of buildings in Hudson, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086)... More

Vista de la playa de Mayagues L. Luthy fecit

Print shows a cityscape view of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, as seen from a ship in the harbor looking back toward the beach and city, with several ships at anchor in the foreground and rolling hills in the backgroun... More

Bankoku keihin denbun mosha shu harimaze

Japanese print shows three scenes, top left: ships sailing around a South American island; top right: an orchid from Borneo; and bottom: three Frenchmen on horseback racing in a steeplechase. Title from item. S... More

At river's edge

Drawing shows four men in a rowboat docked at the edge of a river, with another rowboat moored nearby; the shoreline sweeps from right to left toward a distant city waterfront, with a sailing ship under sail an... More

Alcon[u?]

Drawing shows side view of the American commercial frigate, Alcon[u?], or perhaps the Algon[quin] or the Algon[a], both ships registerd to Lloyds at mid-century, sailing in the open seas. Gift ; Joseph Pennell.

The match by the Club of All Nations at Cowes [England]. The AMERICA y...

Wood engraving by Landells. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1851 August 30, v. 19, p. 264. Reference copy may be in SSF - YACHTING. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card t... More

Kaighn Avenue ferry terminal, Camden, New Jersey, of the South Camden ...

Title devised by Library staff. Identification based on 1913 postcard on www.dvrbs.com website. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1852. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC... More

Brooklyn, L.I., as seen from Trinity Church, New York / painted by J.W...

Print shows piers and wharves and the dock area of the "Wall Street Ferry" looking from Trinity Church across the East River toward Brooklyn; many ships are at dock, also shows many carts and wagons, pedestrian... More

The deck of an American line-of-battle ship The hull of an American ma...

Print shows at top, a bird's-eye view of the deck of a battleship from near mid-ship looking toward the bow with sailors working a capstan or windlass, also shows cannon on the deck; at bottom, a cut-away view ... More

Ōsumi

Print shows the volcano Sakurajima at Ōsumi on Sakura Island, with sailing ships in the sea around the island. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Minute representation of an American line-of-battleship, with full exp...

Print shows a starboard view of an American battleship with the parts numbered and lettered; also shows a rowboat and a small sailboat in the foreground. Title from item. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6,... More

Kanagawa

Print shows a view of ships in a harbor and an inn under a full moon on the coast at the Kanagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

Shinagawa

Print shows a bird's-eye view of cliffs and community on the seashore, with ships entering harbor and moored outside of sea walls, at the Shinagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Napha from the sea / from nature by W. Heine ; shipping by Lieut. H. W...

Title from item. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry ... / Matthew C. Perry ; Francis L. Hawks, comp... More

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Entrance to ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

East view of Philadelphia, Pennsylva. and part of Camden, New Jersey d...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Camden, New Jersey in the foreground, with many buildings of commercial and residential nature, the Delaware River with steamboats and ships, and a view from the east of Philade... More

Lazaretto, Philada. quarantine station May 11th 56

Drawing shows several men in a rowboat possibly headed to a ship anchored out of view, a man sits at the stern where there is also an American flag; two sailing ships are anchored at right and left, with a view... More

New-Orleans (Louisiana) / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düss...

Panoramic view of harbor with ships.

Yabase no kihan

Print shows ships under sail approaching shore, mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ōmi ha... More

Pilots Station / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf.

Bird's-eye view of harbor, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kazusa kuroto no ura

Print shows small boats and large ships on large body of water, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Banshū murotsu shunkei

Print shows bird's-eye view of harbor with boats and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shokoku meisyō hyak... More

Sketches of boats, sailing ships, and a horse O. Earle

Title devised by Library staff. Signed on lower right corner: O. Earle. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series ... More

[Three U.S. Navy ships, from left, the Macedonian, the Dale, and the S...

Submarine Infernal machine intended to destroy the "Minnesota"

A submarine and a sailing ship. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 253 (1861 Nov. 2), p. 701.

Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Va.

Photograph showing Russian sailors standing on the deck of their ship. No. 210. Inscribed on item: [Gen. Haupt & wife attended a reception given by the admiral]. Title from item.

Civil War envelope folded from printed form to Mrs. Daniel N. Speer

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Mrs. Daniel N. Speer, LaGrange, Troup Co., Ga.; postmarked Augusta, Ga. Sep. 13; stamped 10. Form printed by John M. Cooper & Co. shows woodcut of sailing ship. Depo... More

Union

Print shows the harbor at "Annapolis", Maryland, and a view of "Fort McHenry", on an unfolded lampshade. 660 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscri... More

The blockade of Charleston

Three sailing ships: "Vandalia", the prize "Arthur Middleton", and "Roanoke". Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 247 (1861 Sept. 21), p. 599.

[Page from Harper's Weekly, June 29, 1861, including four prints and t...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v.5, no. 235 (1861 June 29), p. 413.

Civil War envelope showing Columbia standing atop cannon and holding A...

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Mrs. Henretta Rhoad, Troy, Maine ; postmarked Washington, D.C., 1862 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

The Rebel privateer Florida chasing the schooner Laura Ann, about 400 ...

Illus. from: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 May 9.

[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, held in the ice at Square Island ...

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 2] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... More

[A small sailboat or schooner, possibly the Benjamin S. Wright, at sea...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 41] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierc... More

[Drift ice consolidating on the coast of Labrador, with a schooner at ...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 40] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierc... More

[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, held in the ice at Square Island ...

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 1] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... More

[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, navigating through ice at Square ...

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 4] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... More

The captured Rebel privateer "Florida" and the United States steamer "...

Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1864.

Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ammunition schooners

Photo shows boats anchored off City Point, Virginia, including the schooner William Spear of Baltimore (name on stern); a sidewheel steamboat (left center) with the likely name Metamora; astern of her, the hosp... More

Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 327. LOT subdivision subject: USS Lancaster. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Shipping on the Giudecca, Venice

Ships and boats with buildings in background.

Man, possibly a castaway or shipwrecked sailor, standing on rocky shor...

Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Ship locked in ice

Drawing shows a ship with three masts locked in ice. Several figures stand before it. Formerly DRWG/US - Gedney - 89. Title inscribed on verso. Gift, Ralph Gedney 1926 (DLC/PP-1926:R47019).

[U.S.S. Constitution - artists' conceptions: starboard, full sail]

[Bank note vignettes showing sailing ships at sea and in harbor]

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 31.

Philadelphia in the olden time / D.C.

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Philadelphia from across the Delaware River, with pedestrians, carriages, horse-teams, and horseback riders in the foreground, as well as a horse-powered paddleboat taxi or ferr... More

[Robinson Crusoe and Friday aboard ship]

Title devised by cataloger. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1982:125.48). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Robinson Crusoe, Chapt. XXVII, p. 399.

Mary L. Cushing

Mexico. El Palacio, the Palace, Vera Cruz / Abel Briquet.

Photograph shows a large palace, hotel, ships, and harbor. Title from item.

Mary L. Cushing

No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[View of the Bosporus and the Rumeli Hisarı (fortress)] / Abdullah Frè...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. No. 670. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments, and other structures, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: A... More

[County of Roxburgh]

Ship at sea, under full sail, with five men in a rowboat under a parti...

Print shows a Victorian trade card from a series of nautical scenes with space for text advertising a particular product or service. For an example of how these cards were used for advertising, see: LOT 14100, ... More

[Nocturne]

Print shows cancellation proof of a ship sailing in St. Mark's Canal in Venice with a view of the basilica. From: First Venice set. Title from the Whistler Etching Project website: http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.u... More

The Scotch Cutter Madge, Captain Duncan: length over all, 45 ft. 8 1/2...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5835

Clipper ship TORNADO struck by a whirlwind

Head and shoulders, facing right. Illus. in: Harper's Magazine, v. 68, 1883-84, p. 226. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Ships TORNADO; Ships Disasters; Typhoons.