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Antique Tugboats

Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET
By Otto Muhlenfeld
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Atlantic Ocean possible. Later in 1913 an entire class of tugboats would carry her name and a similar
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1890s Folk Art Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Siebengebirge, circa 1920s Etching, Germany, Tugboat
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Hans Füsser (German, 1898-1959) Signed: Hans Füsser (Lower, Right) " Siebengebirge ", circa 1920s Etching Plate Size: 6 1/4" x 8 1/2" Housed in a 1/2" Frame Overall Size: 12 3/...
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Early 20th Century Antique Tugboats

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Etching

Ship Name Board From NY Tugboat "St. Martin"
Located in Norwell, MA
Great old nautical quarter board from the tugboat St. Martin. Incised letters in gold with black
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1920s American Antique Tugboats

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Wood

Marine Seascape New York Tugboat Maritime Painting by Parker Newton
By Parker Newton
Located in Sarasota, FL
. Lovely painting depicting a tugboat and a boat in the background. Housed in a lovely small gold gilt
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Early 20th Century American Antique Tugboats

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Paint

Antique 19C Manganese Dutch Delft Tile of Tugboat Towing a 2-Mast Tall Ship
By Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Dutch Delft pottery tile. Depicting a tugboat towing a large two-mast sailboat
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19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tugboats

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Ceramic, Pottery

"Boats in Berlin Harbor, " Pastel on Cheesecloth by Francesco Spicuzza
By Francesco Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boats in Berlin Harbor" is an original pastel painting on cheesecloth. Small tugboats push across
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1920s American Modern Antique Tugboats

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Pastel

Original Antique Travel Poster Cunard Europe America Aquitania Rosenvinge Cruise
Located in London, GB
) sailing towards the viewer on a calm sea being led in a harbour by a tugboat in the foreground, the title
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1910s British Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Thomas Willis: Shamrock III and Reliance Crossing the Line, America’s Cup, 1903
By Thomas Willis
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. Provenance: The daughter of the tugboat’s owner and thence by descent. Thomas Willis (1850-1925) was a
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Early 20th Century English Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Paint

Engine Order Telegraph from a Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships engine order telegraph. This style has often used on yachts and tugboats. Showing
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1910s American Antique Tugboats

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Brass

Large Oil on Canvas Painting Artwork by Pierre Peltier Vintage Antique City
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
cityscape. The painting depicts a tugboat in trouble on the Seine at Pont Neuf. Titled 'La Seine au Pont
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1920s Antique Tugboats

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Canvas

Three Gilt-Wood Framed Etchings by Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)
Located in Tarry Town, NY
captures the essence of a church, monument, and dockside scene with a barge and tugboat, reflecting
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Early 20th Century Swedish Antique Tugboats

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Wood, Paper

The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner
By J.M.W. Turner
Located in Alamo, CA
journey, being towed by a less magnificent, but modern steam powered tugboat. The Turner painting was
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Tugboats

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Engraving

Leda and the Swan, an early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Allegorical Painting
By Fernand Allard L'Olivier
Located in Cotignac, FR
tugboat, when it made an overnight stop. At one point, while he was chatting with some people, he excused
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Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Tugboats

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Oil, Canvas

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Original Antique Travel Poster Cunard Europe America Aquitania Rosenvinge Cruise
By Odin Rosenvinge
Located in London, GB
) sailing towards the viewer on a calm sea being led in a harbour by a tugboat in the foreground, the title
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1910s Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Watercolor Harbor Scene, By William Paskell (1865 - 1951)
By William F. Paskell
Located in Hadley, MA
. Vibrant colored scene, showing several sailing ships, dory, tugboat, wharves and sheds, amid an overcast
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Early 20th Century Antique Tugboats

Tramp Art Nautical Diorama
By F. Carlson
Located in West Palm beach, FL
dimensional miniature of a nautical nature. Large three masted clipper ship a sail with tugboat and
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Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tugboats

Tramp Art Nautical Diorama
Tramp Art Nautical Diorama
H 27 in W 40 in D 9 in
Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

American Line Steamship St. Paul
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Sloman Union Line Transitional Steamer Bellagio
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Plant Line Steamship Evangeline
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Transitional Steamer Alvo
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views of yachts
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Transitional Steamship Anapa
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
vessel: small and large, tugboats to racing sloops. In the mid-1880s, he did some forward-quarter views
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Plant Line S.S. Evangeline, Halifax/London/Glasgow, 1912- 1921
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
. Over the years he painted every type of vessel: small and large, from Steamers and Tugboats, to Pilot
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Nautical Scene of Tugboat
Located in Charleston, SC
Nautical scene of tugboat.
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Late 19th Century North American Antique Tugboats

Nautical Scene of Tugboat
Nautical Scene of Tugboat
H 30 in W 42 in D 2 in
Steamship and Tugboats In New York Harbour
By Charles Edward Dixon 1
Located in Brecon, Powys
Steamship and Tugboats in New York Harbour. Brooklyn Bridge in the background. Signed in plate and
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Etching

Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Clockwork Tugboat
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch-built clockwork tugboat We are proud to offer a unique example of a
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1920s British Folk Art Antique Tugboats

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Pine

Sailor's Small Woolwork of a Paddle-Powered Tugboat
Located in Downingtown, PA
Miniature sailor's woolwork of a paddle steam tugboat, circa 1875-1880. The miniature sailor's
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1870s English Folk Art Antique Tugboats

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Wool

1925 Tugboat New York City Skyline EAST RIVER Chrysler Building
Located in New York, NY
, the east river, a tugboat and the Chrysler building. Created in 1925 by the American impressionist
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Tugboats

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Oil, Wood Panel

Adolphus Knell (fl.1860-1890) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Brig and Tugboat
By Adolphus Knell
Located in Corsham, GB
A watercolour painting en grisaille depicting a brig and tugboat on choppy waters off the coastline
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19th Century Antique Tugboats

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Watercolor

Signed W.H. Austen Bolam, 'Ocean Liner in NY Harbor.' Oil on Canvas, circa 1918
Located in Kingston, NY
dated lower right. A large ocean liner surrounded by tugboats flying American flags, with the statue of
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Early 20th Century American Antique Tugboats

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Canvas

English Scratch Built Nautical Folk Art Diorama Display
Located in London, GB
Folk Art diorama. Displaying a nautical theme of a handcrafted wooden tugboat pulling along a ship with
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1920s British Folk Art Antique Tugboats

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Glass, Plaster, Wood

Original Vintage Poster Lamport & Holt Line South America New York Cruise Travel
By Samuel John Milton Brown
Located in London, GB
moored at sea with a tugboat and sailing boats on the calm water around the cruise liner and Sugarloaf
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1920s British Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Original Antique Cunard Europe America Cruise Poster Featuring RMS Aquitania
By Odin Rosenvinge
Located in London, GB
(1914-1950) sailing towards the viewer on a calm sea being pulled by a tugboat in the foreground, the
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1910s British Antique Tugboats

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Paper

"Freighter with Nautical Flags, " Exceptional, Large Art Deco Vase by Lallemant
By Robert Lallemant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
freighter in a French harbor, with swags of nautical flags overhead and tugboats in the foreground. The
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Tugboats

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Ceramic

Presidential Presentation Pocket Watch by Waltham
By Waltham
Located in New Orleans, LA
United States Woodrow Wilson to Henry William Webster, the Captain of the British tugboat Champion, in
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Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tugboats

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14k Gold

Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home
Located in Buffalo, NY
Lovely antique seascape oil painting of a tugboat as it heads toward shore on a stormy day
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1890s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Board, Oil

Alexandre Marcette Tugboats In Dordrecht, Netherlands, Oil Painting
By Alexandre Marcette
Located in Cheltenham, GB
coastal view in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Through a smoky haze of dense clouds, the moon shimmers. Tugboats
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Tugboats

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Oil, Paper, Board

Paris: Le Pont des Arts avec Remorqueurs (Le Pont des Arts with Tugboats)
By Paul Signac
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Paris: Le Pont des Arts avec Remorqueurs' ('Le Pont des Arts with Tugboats'), etching with
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Tugboats

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Etching, Aquatint

Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
variety of handcrafted ships including a large brig with attending tugboat, a Barkentine, a bark and a
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Early 1900s English Folk Art Antique Tugboats

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Wood

Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900
Folk Art Nautical Shadowbox, circa 1900
H 19 in W 27 in D 11.38 in
1920's Napa Autumnal Landscape -- Cottage in the Country
Located in Soquel, CA
the founder of the San Francisco Tugboat Service and a real estate salesman who painted as a hobby
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Tugboats

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Oil, Board, Wood Panel

Naval Diorama of the Trieste Steamship Launched in 1908
Located in Milan, IT
", reached by the coast by some tugboats, managed to enter the port of Bombay, where it was greeted by great
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1910s Italian Antique Tugboats

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Glass, Wood

Peel harbour and castle, Isle of Man
By Hubert Coop
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
its masts. Behind it is a steam paddle tugboat with smoke pouring from its funnel, possibly having
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Early 20th Century Antique Tugboats

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Watercolor

American 19th Century Ship Diorama of a Barkentine and Tugboat Wood and Plaster
Located in Wells, ME
American 19th century ship diorama of a barkentine and tugboat. The ships are all painted wood and
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Tugboats

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Walnut

Oil Painting on Canvas of Tug Boat on Thames, London
Located in Salisbury, GB
An oil painting on canvas of a tugboat with lighters on the Thames, London in the background
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Late 19th Century Antique Tugboats

ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH SIGN OF THE CUNARD LINER BERENGARIA
Located in San Francisco, CA
ship with long, sleek black hull being escorted by a tugboat into the New York harbor with the Statue
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Early 20th Century English Antique Tugboats

ENGLISH TIN LITHOGRAPH OF LINER BERENGARIA Signed 'A. Bishop'
Located in San Francisco, CA
with long, sleek black hull being escorted by a tugboat into the New York harbor with the Statue of
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Early 20th Century English Antique Tugboats

Original Antique Cunard Europe America Cruise Poster Featuring RMS Aquitania
By Odin Rosenvinge
Located in London, GB
(1914-1950) sailing towards the viewer on a calm sea being pulled by a tugboat in the foreground, the
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1910s Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster Lamport & Holt Line South America New York Cruise Travel
By Samuel John Milton Brown
Located in London, GB
moored at sea with a tugboat and sailing boats on the calm water around the cruise liner and Sugarloaf
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1920s Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Steamship and Tugboats in New York Harbour, Signed Etching by Charles Dixon 1892
By Charles Dixon
Located in Boughrood, Powys
Steamship and tugboats in New York Harbour. Brooklyn bridge in the background. Signed in plate and
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1890s American Victorian Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Original 1928 NYK Shipping Poster of the Asama Maru by Harry Hudson Rodmell
By Harry Hudson Rodmell
Located in Los Gatos, CA
harbor and its tugboat guide. It is an excellent example of shipping poster art.
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1920s English Antique Tugboats

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Paper

Transitional Steamer Iroqouis
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
vessel: small and large, from Steamers and Tugboats, to Pilot boats and Yachts. Nearly every ship that
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Late 19th Century American Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

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American Oil on Canvas of Two Masted Schooner Yacht under Full Sail 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical oil on canvas of two masted schooner yacht under full sail with American flag, crew on deck, second vessel in distance, and mounted in a silver gilt frame, Early 20...
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1920s American American Classical Antique Tugboats

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Paint, Wood, Canvas

Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)
Located in Jacksonville, FL
When you gaze upon "Yacht Wanderer (Slave Ship)" by William Gay Yorke, you're not just looking at a maritime painting; you're peering into a fragment of history with profound and com...
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1870s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Richard Ball Spencer British, (1812-1897) The Perthshire off Ailsa Craig Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 22.25 inches x 36.25 inches Size including frame: 31 inches x 45 inches T...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

The Three-masted Ship
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"The Three-Masted Ship" by John Tudgay stands out as a remarkable piece of marine art for several compelling reasons. At first glance, the painting captures the viewer with its intri...
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1860s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

"The Clipper Ship Reporter"
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Attributed to Hin Qua (Chinese, 19th Century) Signed in pencil to the verso Marine Arts Company attribution label to verso Stamp referring to restoration treatment by Gustav D. Kli...
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19th Century Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

William Adolphus Knell (Attributed), Yachting In The Mediterranean
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-19th-century oil painting attributed to British artist William Adolphus Knell (1805-1875) depicts a sailing yacht before a Mediterranean coastline. Knell was one of the lead...
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1860s Victorian Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Signed 19th Century Nautical Seascape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American nautical ship oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1870s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

"Ship Portrait, " William Edward Norton, Seascape Maritime Painting, New England
By William Edward Norton
Located in New York, NY
William Edward Norton (1843 - 1916) Ship Portrait, 1876 Oil on canvas 10 x 16 inches Signed and dated lower left Born in Boston, William Norton became a noted marine painter, stirre...
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1870s Hudson River School Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

A Day's Sail in New England
By Mauritz Frederick Hendrick de Haas
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
An able sailor guides a fine sloop through the choppy waters of a busy American port in this work by Dutch-American artist Maurtiz DeHaas. Given the sailor's hat, what appears to be ...
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1860s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

View on the Hudson, the Catskills in the Distance
By Francis Augustus Silva
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: F.A. SILVA.
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century China Trade Painting of Clipper Ship Tin Sing off Hong Kong
Located in London, GB
Anonymous Chinese Painter Clipper Ship Tin Sing of Hong Kong Oil on Canvas 25 X 32 inches
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19th Century Antique Tugboats

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Oil

Ship LUCY G. DOW
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
The strength of a great ship portrait lies with its overall striking composition blended with an attention to detail. Charles Sidney Raleigh was extremely skilled with both elements...
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1880s Other Art Style Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

Richard Firth Oil Painting, Yachting Scene, 'The Big five'
By Richard Firth
Located in Uppingham, GB
VERY RARE, Original Oil on canvas by Richard Firth (Born 1971) With 'Big Five' Yachts racing off the Royal Yacht Squadron Cowes Westward, Lullworth, Shamrock, White Heather & Britann...
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2010s Realist Antique Tugboats

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Oil

SAPPHO, DAUNTLESS and GRACIE Racing at Cape May 1871
By James Edward Buttersworth
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
James E. Buttersworth's most sought-after artworks emerge from his depictions of American racing yachts going head to head in the major regattas and cup races of their heyday. Positi...
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1870s American Realist Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of The Screw-Steamer Pennland In New York Harbor
Located in Jacksonville, FL
ntonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen’s Portrait of the Screw-Steamer Pennland in New York Harbor captures the grandeur of maritime travel in the late 19th century. The painting depicts the...
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19th Century Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil

The Five-Masted Schooner ELINOR H.
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This attractive portrait features the five-masted schooner ELINOR H. at full sail in an active sea. The ship has crisp lines and a sharp sense of detail, likely because it was painte...
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1920s Other Art Style Antique Tugboats

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Canvas, Oil, Board

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