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The Christmas Ship in Old New York
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Saturday Evening Post, December 8, 1928, pg.2 The long lost NC Wyeth painting The Christmas Ship in Old
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1920s Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stormy Seascape Ships Porcellis 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jan Porcellis (Ghent 1584 c. - Zoeterwoude-Dorp 1632) attributable Stormy Seascape with Ships
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Speeding Homeward, Seascape, Ship, Ocean, Nautical, Marine, Watercolor
By William Minshall Birchall
Located in Wiscasset, ME
volumes of The King's Ships and Britannia's Bulwarks. William Minshall Birchall paintings are in the
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

The Christmas Ship in Old New York
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Saturday Evening Post, December 8, 1928, pg.2 The long lost NC Wyeth painting The Christmas Ship in Old
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1920s Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seascape Ships Landscape Porcellis 17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Julius Porcellis (Rotterdam 1610 – 1645 Leiden) attributable Seascape with ships Oil on wood
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venetian Lagoon, Ships, Impressionist Maritime, 19th century
By Paul Charles Emmanuel Gallard-Lepinay
Located in Hillsborough, NC
French 19th century oil on canvas painting by Paul Charles Emmanuel Gallard-Lepinay (1842-1885), is
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Late 19th Century French School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sappho - 19th Century Neoclassical Exhibition Oil Painting of Ancient Greek Poet
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
US Constitution that enable us to ship paintings to America free of reciprocal trade tariffs. Academy
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Set of Four Ship Lithographs
Located in Cheshire, GB
Set of four Ship lithographs, depicting the ships, Narcissus, Bellerophon, Monarch and Warrior
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19th Century British Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Set of Four Ship Lithographs
Set of Four Ship Lithographs
$1,089 Sale Price / set
48% Off
19th-Century Maritime Oil Painting of a Clipper Ship in Burled Wood Gilt Frame
Located in Black Rock, CT
This large 19th-century maritime oil painting captures a majestic clipper ship battling turbulent
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19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Brass

19th Century Neoclassical Exhibition Oil Painting of Poet Sappho Ancient Greece
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
US Constitution that enable us to ship paintings to America free of reciprocal trade tariffs. Academy
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awakening - Major Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Wood Nymphs Nudes
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
us to ship paintings to America free of reciprocal trade tariffs. Academy Fine Paintings only offers
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

J.G. Tyler late 19th century Seascape with ship and boats
Located in San Francisco, CA
J.G. Tyler late 19th century Seascape with ship and boats. Oil on canvas board. 8 x 12 unframed
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19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th Century Oil Painting English Summer Landscape of the River Arun in Sussex
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘On the Arun, Sussex’ by George Vicat Cole RA, RBA (1833-1893). Academy Fine Paintings is fully
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1860s English School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jeune Fille en Blanc - 19th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942). Academy Fine Paintings is fully
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Golden Egg - Early 19th Century Oil Painting of the Lovers from Mother Goose
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Golden Egg’ by Richard Morton Paye F.S.A. (1750-1820). Academy Fine Paintings is fully
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Early 19th Century English School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awakening - Major Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Nudes Wood Nymphs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
us to ship paintings to America free of reciprocal trade tariffs. Academy Fine Paintings only offers
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Raising the Flag Over a Colonial Ship
By Henry A. Ogden
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Illustration, American Litho. Co., 1904;
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Early 20th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Amor et Pietas - Important 19th Century Royal Academy Exhibition Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Amor et Pietas’ by Ursula Wood S.W.A. (1868-1956). Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant
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1890s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Striving Hard to Reach the Wreck, British Seascape, Sinking Ship, Rescue
By Thomas Rose Miles
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Thomas Rose Miles (British, 1844-1916) Signed: T R Miles (Canvas Verso) " Striving Hard to Reach the Wreck " Oil on Canvas 22" x 34" Housed in a 3 1/4" Frame with a 1" Liner Ov...
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Late 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Soverign of the Seas" - Seascape with Sailing Ship
Located in Soquel, CA
Regal depiction of the Sovereign of the Seas by Victor Lind (Sweden, 19th-20th c.). The ship is
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Postcard, Illustration Board

Mill with Masted Ships in a Harbor Original Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mill with Masted Ships in a Harbor Original Watercolor Early Watercolor of a coastal Mill with
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

British Schooner Ship Entering Jersey / Guernsey Harbour Port, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
British Schooner Ship Entering Jersey / Guernsey Harbour Port, 19th Century British School 19th
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Early 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Pair of English Victorian Man O War Ships
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of English Country Victorian maple framed prints of Man o\' War ships.
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19th Century British British Colonial Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Maple

19th C New Jersey Surfmen Rescuing Foundering Ship - GW Nicholson
By George Washington Nicholson
Located in Exton, PA
in very good cleaned condition and shows Surfmen rescuing a ship in distress. This genre of painting
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1870s Hudson River School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Very Large 18th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting of Georgian London Festival
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
, under the supreme law of the U.S. Constitution, enable us to ship paintings to America free of
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1780s Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Gray Morning" James MacMaster, Scottish Seascape, Marine Ship Landscape
By James MacMaster
Located in New York, NY
James MacMaster Gray Morning Signed and titled lower left Watercolor on paper 10 1/4 x 14 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey
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Late 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fishing Boats at the Dock
By Harry Neyland
Located in Sheffield, MA
show of over seventy stately ship paintings at the Whistler House Museum of Art and presented his own
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

News from the Front - 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy 1849 Exhibition
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
that enable us to ship paintings to America free of reciprocal trade tariffs. Academy Fine Paintings
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Franz Müller-Gossen – Sailing Ships in Rough Sea, 1908, Seascape, Marine
By Franz Müller-Gossen
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive and monumental maritime oil painting on canvas by Franz Müller-Gossen (German, 1871–1946
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19th Century Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of The Steam/Sail Ship The Prins Frederik Hendrik.
Located in Jacksonville, FL
full blast. An unusual note is that this painting is on its original canvas and is in extraordinary
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19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century American Seascape of Commercial Ship
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome 19th century American seascape of commercial ship in giltwood frame, oil on canvas, signed
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19th Century American Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Three ships on rough seas, Dutch, 17th Century, oil on board
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Dutch School, 17th century oil painting on board, this work features a golden ship on blue seas
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17th Century Dutch School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Attributed to Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859) Hanging scroll painting of the American ship commanded by
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

American Clipper Ship at Sea by Antonio Jacobsen, Signed and Dated 1917
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Jacksonville, FL
painting by renowned marine artist Antonio Jacobsen (1850–1921) captures a majestic American clipper ship
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Early 20th Century American Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

British East Indiaman Ship Returning from a Voyage to the East
Located in Milford, NH
A large marine painting probably depicting a British East Indiaman ship returning from a voyage to
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18th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edward Charles Williams (1807-1881) - Mid 19th Century Oil, Loading the Ships
By Edward Charles Williams
Located in Corsham, GB
Several figures load barrels onto ships in this nineteenth-century maritime scene. Other vessels
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Mid-19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

The "New York" 1898, Marine, Seascape, Steamer, Ship at Sea, American, Realism
Located in Wiscasset, ME
the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. Painting itself is 10" x 15 1/2". Artist's signature lower
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Ship Entering the Canal" by Dutch Artist Cossaar
By Jacobus Cornelis Wyand Cossaar
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ship Entering the Canal" / Boating on the Thames by Dutch painter Cossaar (1874-1966), signed
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Early 20th Century English Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

French coastal scene, ship on rough sea at moonlight by Karl Heilmayer ca 1890
Located in Gavere, BE
French coastal scene ship on rough sea at moonlight by Karl Heilmayer ca 1890 A born Munich native
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1890s Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century British Marine School, ship in rough seas, with setting Sun
By Bernard Benedict Hemy
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century British oil, Ship in a rough sea. The style of the painting is very similar to the
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1870s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...
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1870s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas, Wilhem Karl Arnesen British Battle Ships
By Vilhelm Karl Ferdinand Arnesen
Located in Buchanan, MI
Oil on canvas, Procesion for Bjornstjerne. Wilhem Karl Arnesen British battle ships. We also have
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19th Century English Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

A Beautiful and Large Marine - A Ship in Two Positions Off Dover
By William John Huggins
Located in London, GB
William John Huggins (1781-1845) A Ship in Two Positions Off Dover oil on canvas Unsigned 33 x 45
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

1900 s British Impressionist Signed Oil Rocky Seascape with Sailing Ship at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ship at Sea RICHARD HESKETH (1867-1919) oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 1902 framed: 24 x
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Green Bay, Porthcurno - Large 19th Century English Landscape of Cornwall Coast
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
, under the supreme law of the U.S. Constitution, enable us to ship paintings to America free of
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Mid-19th Century English School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Worden Wood Frigate of the Ship on the Line Ohio
Located in Norwell, MA
1912 watercolor painting by famous artist Worden Wood of the United States Navy Ship of the line
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1910s North American Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

F Berré, Hst Ship in Front of Constantinople, XIXth Century
By Florent Berré
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
orientalist painters and painted many orientalist scenes and seascapes This painting is signed lower left
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19th Century Belgian Other Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paint

Naval Battle Engagement at Sea Large Busy Battle Scene Many Ships, Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, early 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 17 x 24 inches
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"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
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Early 20th Century British Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paint

Macao
By 19th Century Chinese school
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
craft only. From the Chinese artists who produced port and ship paintings directly for their nautical
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1860s Other Art Style Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English 19th century portrait of the Clipper ship Crescent at sea in full sail
By John Lynn
Located in Woodbury, CT
English portrait of a clipper ship is more than just adding a painting to your collection; it's an
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1850s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Oil on Canvas, Nocturne with Ship off Coast, ca. 1923
Located in Atlanta, GA
featuring a ship off the coast with cresting waves under a moonlit sky, signed "A. Girot 1923
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Early 20th Century French Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paint

Clipper Mary Lee in High Seas, mid-19th century American school ship seascape
Located in Beachwood, OH
American School, Mid-19th Century The Clipper Mary Lee in High Seas Oil on canvas Unsigned 25 x 35 inches Craquelure commensurate with age, minor losses on frame.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Victorian 19th Century Marine Oil of Ship and Boats off the Coast in Stormy Seas
By William Webb
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Marine 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas on stretchers, with Shipping off the Coast in
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19th Century Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820 S PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
chart of the Atlantic dated 1821 with a view of a merchant ship at sea in the distance. A very fine and
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Early 19th Century Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oil on Canvas, Ships at Sunset Signed Lower Left "Romain Steppe"
Located in Houston, TX
of the painting (Belgian 1859-1927) Well done and in beautiful condition. The gilt frame has
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paint

A Sailing Ship at the Port
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Miami, FL
Abraham Walkowitz (1878–1965) A Sailing Ship at the Port, 1909 Watercolor on cardboard Signed
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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Antique Ship Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique ship paintings is available on 1stDibs. There are many Old Masters, Impressionist and Expressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the antique ship paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, beige, gray and white. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Michela De Vito, Gabriele Galantara, Antonio Manganaro, Currier Ives and Jan Pieter Verdussen are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Antique Ship Paintings?

Antique ship paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,391, while the lowest priced sells for $1 and the highest can go for as much as $775,000.
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