HMS Wellington under sail and steam, 12 October 1853

Around 1860 Japan was in turmoil about whether or not the country should engage in trade with the West. In 1863 insurgents – advocates of an isolationist policy – fired on western ...

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...

Four horizontal seascapes in pencil with pale grey and ochre wash: at top a single vessel sailing, coast beyond; four vessels with grass covered cliffs to right; several vessels on...

Four seascapes in muted colours - greys and sepias: at top sail and steam vessels; in the centre an action scene with vessels and smoke; at the base vessels in distance with smoke,...