U.S. Ship Independance razee, bearing the broad pennant of Com. Charles Stewart, struck by a squall, off the coast of America, Sept 8th 1842

After spending two years in London, where he absorbed the influence of English portraiture, Charles Willson Peale established himself in Maryland in 1769 and soon became one of the...

The following text is taken from the folder with a ship portrait, see above: The bitter end! The steam cone “Annona” was built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1884 and was 165 1/10 feet l...

In December 1890Winslow Homer wrote to his brother Charles, “I have got a fine picture called The Distress Signal a scene in mid ocean.” The painter was referring to the work in th...

“The Core,” Captain P. Nordfeldt The ship was about approx. 300 tonnes and built in 1879 on the Swedish Royal Bank Steamship commander C. Sylván was a disponent at the Helsborg shi...