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Bernard Finegan Gribble (10 May 1872 – 21 February 1962) was a prolific British artist and illustrator who specialised in marine subjects.Although he also painted portraits and landscapes, much of Gribble's artistic production was concerned with the drama and excitement of ships and sailors on the high seas or at port, whether as historical tableaux or representing contemporary events and ...
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.
Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre particularly strong from the 17th to 19th centuries. [ 1 ]
Sketches from the Far West-Arkansas Pilgrims by Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier, 1874 Undated portrait of Jules Tavernier by Paul Frenzeny Weighing the Cargoes in the Weigh Lock on the Lehigh Canal, Pennsylvania, Harper's Weekly, 1873. Paul Frenzeny (1840s – 1902) was an American artist and illustrator.
The name of the ship, Speedwell, and 1620 are written in the foreground of the painting. Captain Blossom, a Leiden Separatist, bought Speedwell in July 1620. [1] They then sailed under the command of Captain Reynolds to Southampton, England to meet the sister ship, Mayflower, which had been chartered by merchant investors (again Captain Blossom ...
Moran lived in New York City until his death on June 8, 1901. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York. [7] Although he had given the series of thirteen paintings to his wife several years before, a legal battle ensued after his death over ownership of the paintings: the executor of Moran's estate refused to hand them over, declaring that they were rightfully under his ...
The Slave Ship, originally titled Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhon coming on, [1] is a painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner, first exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts in 1840. Measuring 35 + 3 ⁄ 4 in × 48 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (91 cm × 123 cm) in oil on canvas, it is now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Ship of Fools (painting) Shipping by a Breakwater (J. M. W. Turner) Ships in Harbour, Evening; The Shipwreck (Turner) Shipwreck on the Norwegian Coast; French frigate Sibylle (1791) The Sirens and Ulysses; The Slave Ship; Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth; Sommarnöje; The Stages of Life; Steamboats in the Port of Rouen; Storm at Sea ...