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Royal Navy Ships Firing a Salute - British Old Master marine art oil painting
By Peter Monamy
Located in London, GB
Royal navy first and third rate men o war firing a salute. In the foreground, figures and their dog look
Category

1730s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ink and Watercolor of Royal Navy Ship "H.M. Bridge Badger" Frank R. Crevier
Located in New York, NY
Ink and Watercolor of Royal Navy Ship "H.M. BRIDGE BADGER" FRANK R. CREVIER (AMERICAN 1910-1987
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20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Paint

A Royal Navy Three-Decker announcing her Departure
By Thomas Whitcombe
Located in London, GB
Thomas Whitcombe (1760 - 1824) A Royal Navy Three-Decker announcing her Departure from the
Category

Late 18th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

British Royal Navy In A Fishery, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
.1774) Large 18th Century view from the shore of a Royal Navy ship sailing through a fishery, oil on
Category

18th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

HMS Nairana. Royal Navy Seaplane Carrier. Float Plane.Tasmania & Melbourne Ferry
By Vincenzo D'Esposito
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Vincenzo D’Esposito. Italian ( b.1886 - d.1946 ). HMS Nairana, Royal Navy Seaplane Carrier
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Early 20th Century Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Laurence Dunn: Karel Doorman (R81) Dutch Navy ship watercolour
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
. HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Formerly
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Naval Ship Combat Painting Framed Rudolf Claudus 1922
By Rudolf Claudus
Located in Sacile, PN
England too, where he works for the Royal Navy at the end of Second World War. Art Deco frame included.   
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Historical genre oil painting of a royal messenger
By Arthur David McCormick
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
& Reed A wonderful historical painting of a trumpeter signalling the arrival of the Royal Ship by Arthur
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

English Nautical Silhouettes on Glass of Named royal Navy Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
inches x 15 inches Reference: HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Glass

PRINZ EUGEN - A Royal Demise
By Arthur Edwaine Beaumont
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
answered. Winston Churchill ordered all Royal Naval vessels in range to chase the two German ships
Category

1940s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

HMS Newcastle. In Sydney Harbor. December 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Royal Navy.
By Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
this period he was commissioned to paint all four Royal Navy ships maned Adamant, possibly by former
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

War Ship Painting Ink by David Hawker '80
Located in FR
David Hawker War Ship Ink drawing on paper Good vintage condition with minor signs of age David
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1980s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

China Trade Nautical Painting of Sailing Ship by Lai Fong of Calcutta ca. 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ship underwent a significant transition. In 1898, the County of Peebles was sold to the Chilean Navy
Category

20th Century Indian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Chinese Export Porcelain Punch Bowl Sailor Farwell & Return with Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
sailor leaving his wife who hugs him as he is about to depart as he points to the Royal Navy Ship with
Category

Antique 1760s Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

British East Indiaman Ship Returning from a Voyage to the East
Located in Milford, NH
commissioned by their captains, but later on he turned his attention to painting ships of the Royal Navy. Known
Category

18th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm /// Francis Swaine Maritime Seascape Antique Ship
By Francis Swaine
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
found Circa: 1770 Medium: Original Oil Painting on wood panel Framing: Framed in a Louis XV style gold
Category

1770s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

"At Full Sail" A Clipper Ship Watercolor by Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in Wiscasset, ME
he was able to indulge his interest in the study of ships. Naturally gifted at drawing and painting
Category

Early 20th Century British Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

English 19th century portrait of the Clipper ship Crescent at sea in full sail
By John Lynn
Located in Woodbury, CT
ages by the Royal Navy. The painting has been recently re-varnished to bring out the fine details of
Category

1850s Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old City Jerusalem City Walls landscape Scene Painting, Judaica
By Jossi Stern
Located in Surfside, FL
British Navy intercepted the ship and declared Stern and all those aboard illegal immigrants. Stern was
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

SEA BATTLE - English School - Italian Sailing Boat Oil on Canvas Painting
By John Stevens
Located in Napoli, IT
career as a civil engineer before and after serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, was widely
Category

2010s English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large Israeli Expressionist Orientalist Oil Painting Draped Child Kibbutz Art
By William Weintraub
Located in Surfside, FL
associated with the royal paintings of centuries-old French kings, European nobility, and other wealthy
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Blair Hughes-Stanton 'Reclining Nude' abstract oil painting British Surrealism
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in London, GB
the age of 13 he joined the Royal Navy training ship HMS Coway, but at 19 - advised by his father - he
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tempera

19th Century landscape genre oil painting of farmworkers with horses & a dog
By George Cole
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
he is believed to have started as an apprentice to a ship's painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at
Category

19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Stream in the Forest - British Victorian 1859 art landscape oil painting
By George Cole
Located in London, GB
grandson, Rex Vicat Cole, he was apprenticed to a ship's painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at Portsmouth
Category

19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Edwardian Portrait of a Young Girl - Scottish 1909 art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
Royal Navy during the First World War and following his demobilization in 1919 he purchased a motor
Category

Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in London, GB
Hughes-Stanton, unable to face the prospect of home life with his three sisters, joined the Royal Navy
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Portrait of Two Horses in a Landscape - British 19thC equine art oil painting
By George Cole
Located in London, GB
, he was apprenticed to a ship's painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at Portsmouth. He taught himself
Category

1840s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Watercolor Painting of the Bellerophon, Dated 1855
Located in Downingtown, PA
example of what can be done in the Navy, when a ship's company are commanded by officers possessing the
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paper

19th Century landscape genre oil painting of ploughmen with horses & a dog
By George Cole
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
to have started as an apprentice to a ship's painter in the Royal Navy dockyards at Portsmouth. He
Category

19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Strong Seas” Painting by John Bentham-Dinsdale
By John Bentham-Dinsdale 2
Located in Wiscasset, ME
, a 19th-century Royal Navy battleship. In 1982, a painting by Dinsdale was accepted and hung in the
Category

Vintage 1980s English Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Salmon Fishing, Oil Painting, Autumn Run by Arthur Burgess
By Arthur Burgess
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Museum of the Royal Navy, and the National Maritime Museum. Dimensions: Height 60 cm / 23 3/4
Category

Vintage 1920s British Sporting Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

18th c Historical English India Naval Battle Oil Painting by John Thomas Serres
By John Thomas Serres
Located in Savannah, GA
III. This painting is oil on canvas laid down on board and depicts the engagement of the ship the
Category

Antique 1780s George III Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Landscape in Provence Watercolor Painting by Francois Pascal
Located in Atlanta, GA
has appointed painters to decorate royal ships. Several of these painters were appointed by Richelieu
Category

1940s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Shipping in the River Humber Off Hull, England
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
crossing the river in the busy waters of the port. The main vessel is a steam sail ship of the Royal Navy
Category

1870s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Pioneer, The Nonsuch By Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in New Orleans, LA
and the large scale of the painting. First launched in 1650, the merchant ship Nonsuch arrived in
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20th Century Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Onward - The Norman Court by Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in New Orleans, LA
able to indulge his interest in the study of ships. Naturally gifted at drawing and painting, the self
Category

Early 20th Century Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Richmond Bridge
By Philip Connard
Located in Marlborough, GB
because of severe shell shock. He was later appointed an official war artist to the Royal Navy and painted
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Richmond Bridge
Richmond Bridge
H 16.54 in W 24.41 in
Field with Dappled Sunlight, Giverny
By John Leslie Breck
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist painting of a French pastoral landscape with trees and cows in the distance by
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Firing a Salute in The Nore, Signed Seascape by Peter Monamy, Dated 1724
By Peter Monamy
Located in London, GB
day, the site of a Royal Navy anchorage since the age of salt, being adjacent to both the city and
Category

1720s English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Before the Hot Day Brightens to Blue (Mevagissey Harbor, Cornwall). Original Oil
By Gyrth Russell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
the Royal Navy Patrol Service and met and married his wife, Ronagh. In 1944, bombed out of London
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ness Harbor, Butt of Lewis, Scotland. Hebrides. Western Isles Landscape
By Gyrth Russell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Langham Sketch club. In the Second World War Russell became an acting Petty Officer in the Royal Navy
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fishing and Sailing Boats at the Jetty
By Gyrth Russell
Located in St. Albans, GB
acting Petty Officer in the Royal Navy Patrol Service and met and married his wife, Ronagh. In 1944
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Battle of Scheveningen, 10th August 1653, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
in ending the blockade of the Royal Navy from the Dutch coast. Exceptional detail in the ships, neat
Category

17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Visit of the English Squadron to Le Havre
By Raoul Dufy
Located in New Orleans, LA
personal works with recurring motifs just a few decades later. In July 1759, the British Royal Navy under
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

American Steam Schooner Meets British Frigates Crossing the English Channel
By James Edward Buttersworth
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Three ships - an American Three-Masted Steam Schooner, a British Sailing Royal Navy Frigate and a
Category

1830s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset on the Midway
By George Stanfield Walters
Located in Missouri, MO
born in 1838 and died in 1924. A marine and coastal painter. He was grandson to ship portraitist Miles
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Isle of Skye Ferry, 20th Century Travel Poster Original Oil
By Norman Wilkinson
Located in London, GB
Wadsworth) in painting the actual ships. In early 1918 Wilkinson was assigned to Washington, D.C. for a
Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Country Home in the Snow - Landscape
By Frederick Pawla
Located in Soquel, CA
for American ship camouflage, made possible by a consensus among the US Navy, the Shipping Board, and
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Strong Seas
By John Bentham-Dinsdale
Located in Wiscasett, ME
, a 19th-century Royal Navy battleship. In 1982, a painting by Dinsdale was accepted and hung in the
Category

1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Strong Seas
H 23.5 in W 35.5 in D 1 in
' Saint Nazaire Special Ops ' Archival Pigment Print - limited edition
By Katherine Russell
Located in London, GB
undertaken by the Royal Navy and British Commandos under the auspices of Combined Operations Headquarters on
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Pigment

John Bentham-Dinsdale "Thames Entry" Oil on Canvas C. 1972
By John Bentham-Dinsdale 2
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charles Cayzer bought one of his paintings and presented it to the H.M.S. Camperdown, a 19th-century Royal
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Late 20th Century English Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Ettore Cercone Period Orientalist Female Portraits
By Ettore Cercone
Located in Roma, IT
subjects. He was an officer of the Italian Royal Navy, but retired to dedicate himself to painting Cercone
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood

‘The Ark & the Dove off the Scillies with Lord Baltimore aboard’ Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Hemy at the Royal Academy. He also worked in an art school in Bedford Row. Dawson joined the navy
Category

Vintage 1960s English Paintings

Materials

Paint

‘A Windy Day’ by Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Napier Hemy at the Royal Academy. He also worked in an art school in Bedford Row. Dawson joined the navy
Category

20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

‘A Windy Day’ by Montague Dawson
‘A Windy Day’ by Montague Dawson
H 21 in W 28.5 in D 1 in
English Georgian Thomas Luny Original Oil "Retrieving the Grog before the Storm"
By Thomas Luny
Located in Wells, ME
: Thomas LUNY; and indistinctly dated--only a "2" is discernable. This dramatic painting depicts ships
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Montague J Dawson, ‘Valetta Harbour’
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
mentor, Hemy, while on leave from the Royal Navy and frequented his studio in Cornwall. Hemy advised
Category

Vintage 1940s English Paintings

Materials

Paint

Lesley Arthur Wilcox ‘World Commerce’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
passing under Tower Bridge. This painting was subsequently hung in the drawing-room of the Royal Yacht and
Category

Vintage 1950s English Paintings

Materials

Paint

George Edward Horton: the Launch of H.M.S. ‘Victoria’ from the Elswick Shipyard
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
: HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893, she
Category

Antique 1880s European Paintings

Materials

Paint

19th Century China Trade Pair of Portraits of Sea Captain and Wife
Located in Nantucket, MA
is that seen in the early to mid 19th Century, modeled after that of the Royal Navy. The wife's
Category

Antique 1850s Hong Kong Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Thomas Luny, Hms Bellerophon Leaving Torbay with the Defeated Emperor Napoleon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
service career as illustrious as any fighting ship in the Royal Navy, Bellerophon is principally
Category

Antique 19th Century British Paintings

Materials

Paint

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