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Henry Loos, Portrait Of A Three-Masted Full Rigged British Ship
By Henry Loos
Located in Cheltenham, GB
industry. British sailors, for example, could bring back portraits of their ships from over a dozen
Category
1870s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Native American Chief Portrait #2 (Pop Art, Andy Warhol) - Ships within 24h*
By Jurgen Kuhl
Located in Kansas City, MO
*Ships within 24h (U.S. only)
Jürgen Kuhl
Native American Chief Portrait #2 (Pop Art, Andy Warhol
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
painter of ship's portraits and naval battles, William John Huggins served with the East India Company on
Category
Antique 1820s English George IV Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper
Seascape with Burning Ship
Located in Atlanta, GA
are portraits of ships, commonly commissioned for ships' captains. From 1767 to 1772, he exhibited
Category
Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hannibal - View from Mark Twain
s Boyhood Home
By John Stobart
Located in Missouri, MO
and Numbered 582/750
A marine painter of harbor scenes and ship portraits, John Stobart has devoted
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Early 19th Century Seascape by Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842), circa 1820
Located in Nantucket, MA
painted ship portraits on commission.
It had been thought that he died in 1830, but recent research has
Category
Antique 1820s English Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
San Pedro, The Bark "Vidette" Towing into Port at Sunrise, 1890
By John Stobart
Located in Missouri, MO
portraits, John Stobart has devoted his career to showing the majestic beauty of sailing ships from a
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
New Orleans - Robert E. Lee Leaving the Crescent City in 1880
By John Stobart
Located in Missouri, MO
portraits, John Stobart has devoted his career to showing the majestic beauty of sailing ships from a
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A fishing vessels at rest in harbour
By Thomas Luny
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
occasional ship's portrait or naval engagement, which were specific commissions. Luny continued painting
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painted Sea Chest from H.M. Gunboat Cockatrice
Located in Norwell, MA
and iron handles. Hinge needs repair. Portrait of ship on lid. 19" H x 34" W x 23" D.
Made: England
Category
Vintage 1920s European Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Richard Ball Spencer, The Brig ‘Era’ Off Dover
Located in Cheltenham, GB
describe those who specialised in portraits of ships for the seaman travelling aboard them. It was far from
Category
1850s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Ship Portrait
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Striking 19th century oil on canvas ship portrait, cleaned and restored. Size is for painting. Add
Category
Antique 19th Century American Paintings
Ship Portrait. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Seattle, WA
Marine painting between 1910-1934. Oil on canvas by Italian painter Papaluca depicting a three mast sailing vessel going left to right in rough seas. Signed lower right: "L. Papaluca".
Category
20th Century Italian Paintings
RMS Lusitania Ship Portrait Marine Graham Flight 20th C
Located in Hallowell, ME
Oil on artist board, net size 20" x 30" signed lower right. Flight was born in England in 1944 in Kent England and lived in the USA, he painted this work so expertly about 1975-80 f...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ship Portrait of the American Privateer "Grand Turk" of Salem
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Peabody. It is thought that several portraits of this ship may have been commissioned by "Grand Turks's
Category
Antique 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Fine
Fully Dressed
Sailing Ship at Anchor
Located in London, GB
Naive Sailor's woolwork ship portrait
Embroidered colored
Wools
English, circa 1860.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wool
"Queen Mary" Painting
Located in London, GB
Wonderfully expressive naive ship portrait
water and body color on paper.
Category
20th Century English Paintings
$3,500
The Coolie Ship Avon under Full Sail. Lai Fong 1890-1910
Located in London, GB
. Painting portraits of their ships in oil on canvas. While most of these painters worked in Canton, Whampoa
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Large Painting of Ship "Pharos" Flying the American Flag Signed Charles Waldron
Located in Hallowell, ME
opportunity for Waldron to note individual details of the ships.
Waldron specialized in ship's portraits, but
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carved Portrait of a Ship
Located in Litchfield, CT
Signed: TH Lloyd, (Thomas Lloyd)
Inscribed: "Ship Parliament of Boston, built by Donald McKay in
Category
Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
19th C. Marine Watercolor Painting of an American Clipper Ship by Jurgen F. Huge
By Jurgen Frederick Huge
Located in Gallatin, TN
Bridgeport, Connecticut (born in Germany) and became well known for his naive ship portraits Watercolor and
Category
19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of the Ship Annie, Painting
Located in Litchfield, CT
Attributed to Thomas Willis (1850-1925). New York.
Willis worked primarily in the Hudson Valley area along the river. His medium alone is perhaps the most unique feature. This examp...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Fabric, Velvet
English 19th Century Original Portrait of the "Teviodale" Signed R. B. Spencer
Located in Wells, ME
engagements and ship portraits. His work is meticulous and quite formalized, reminiscent of the Dutch artists
Category
Antique 1870s English Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Russian Ship In A New Zealand Port
By Gabriel Edward Adams
Located in Great Barrington, MA
By contempory New Zealand/American artist Gabriel Edward Adams whom we represent in North America. The scene is a stripped Russian freighter awaiting final preparation before being t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary New Zealand Paintings
Portrait of a Russian Ship In A New Zealand Port
By Gabriel Adams
Located in Great Barrington, MA
By contempory New Zealand/American artist Gabriel Edward Adams whom we represent in North America. The scene is a stripped Russian freighter awaiting final preparation before being t...
William Stubbs, American Marine artist 1846-1909 Dreadnaught
Located in Hallowell, ME
probably master of his father's ship from 1863-73. By 1871 he painted what is likely his first ship
Category
1880s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an English Naval Officer in Front of This Ship Regency Period 1810s
Located in Brussels, BE
High quality professional painting - portrait of an English Naval officer in front of his ship
Category
Antique 1810s British Regency Paintings
Looking In
Looking Out Pair of Oil Paintings
Located in Salisbury, GB
west of Carlisle. Mr Mitchell is renowned for his marine paintings and ship portraits, but he also
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Paintings
Emsworth Town Square Genre Painting by Brian Coole
By Brian Coole
Located in Hallowell, ME
commissions include three historical ship portraits for The Royal Naval Museum (United Kingdom) for permanent
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Louis Dodd Marine Painting of the US Big Truxton outbound from Boston
By Louis Dodd
Located in Hallowell, ME
depicting with in depth research beforehand.
Style and subjects - Marine art, ship portraits, notable
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Louis Dodd Sovereign of the Seas large Marine Historical Painting
By Louis Dodd
Located in Hallowell, ME
with in depth research beforehand.
Style and subjects - Marine art, ship portraits, notable historic
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Painting of a Sailing Ship or Schooner
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming 19th century portrait of a Ship under sale. We got this out of a very nice collection
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Primitive Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Paddlewheel Ship Painting by John and James Bard, American
Located in Litchfield, CT
. Illus. p. 58.
The tradition of ship owners commissioning portraits of their ships is an old one. Like
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Racing Schooner GRAYLING Nautical Silk Thread Painting on Canvas
Located in Palm City, FL
of "silk ware" pictures by creating ship portraits using fabric hulls, silk and satin sails with
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Aransas Steam Liner Nautical Painting Signed by Antonio Jacobsen and dated 1905
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Hallowell, ME
start painting pictures of ships on safes, and as his reputation grew, he was asked to do portraits of
Category
20th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting Engraving by W.J.Huggins, Northern Whale Fishery, 1829
By William John Huggins
Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
lining backboards.
Huggins' nautical knowledge ensured his pictures had some repute as portraits of
Category
Antique 1820s English Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Spring Breakup
By Don Stone
Located in Boothbay Harbor, ME
painted portraits of the ship's officers. His painting of the ship in battle hung in the officer's
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Danish Ship Portrait of Schooner
Kaerteminde
by Christian Vigilius Blache
Located in Garrison, NY
Rare and beautifully executed ‘ship portrait’ of the schooner "Kaerteminde" by well-known Danish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Danish Paintings
Materials
Canvas
English 19th Century Signed Ship Portrait by Charles Kensington Oil on Canvas
Located in Wells, ME
English 19th century original ship portrait, oil on canvas of the three masted schooner
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Arabian, nineteenth century English school oil on panel ship portrait
Located in Wallasey, GB
Nineteenth century English school oil on panel featuring the vessel 'Arabian'. The painting is in fine condition having been cleaned and reframed. This is a delightful naïve depictio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Danish Sailing Ship Painting Signed
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive oil on canvas painting of a Danish sailing ship. Signed by artist on bottom left and
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Maritime Oil on Canvas of a Ship
Located in London, GB
Ship Portrait.
English 19th century
Oil on canvas. For the Clipper "Corsairs Bride". In a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Set of Four British Naïve Ship Pierhead Paintings
Located in London, GB
(Framed)
Wonderfully detailed, well observed, colourful ship portraits from the sketch book of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings
19th Century Pair of Marine Paintings
Located in London, GB
- these are ship portraits, after all.
Category
Early 20th Century English Paintings
Transitional Steamer Iroqouis
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
," "Seminole" and the "Algonquin." She is shown here in a classic ship portrait profile.
One of the most
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clipper Ship after the Storm
By William Alexander Coulter
Located in Graton, CA
Coulter gives us a taste of adventure with his portraits of sailing ships of a bygone era. His love
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historic Civil War Oil Painting by Edward E. Arnold (attr) 1863
By Edward E. Arnold
Located in Gallatin, TN
panoramic view of the city of New Orleans, was never carried out.
It is for his ship portraits, scenes of
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Surely you’ll find the exact ship portrait you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as a Impressionist version. If you’re looking for a ship portrait from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right ship portrait is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, beige and purple. Finding an appealing ship portrait — no matter the origin — is easy, but Louis Letouche, Markus Klinko, Antonio Jacobsen, Robin Morris and John Stobart each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much is a Ship Portrait?
The price for a ship portrait in our collection starts at $0 and tops out at $597,984 with the average selling for $2,475.








