Tag Archives: Ships & Sailing

1903: The Phantom Ship

Posted on December 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Frank Wilbert Stokes: The Phantom Ship, Atlantic Ocean (ca. 1903)

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1869: Mount Tamalpais

Posted on November 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Marple: Mount Tamalpais from Napa Slough (1869) The name “Tamalpais” derives from the Coast Miwok name for the mountain, támal pájiṣ, which means “west hill.” The Coast Miwok numbered between 1,500 and 2,000 before the arrival of Europeans to … Continue reading →

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1861: Storm

Posted on November 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Approaching Storm: Beach near Newport (c 1861–62)

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1903: Ship of the Desert

Posted on November 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

This publicity image of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II in front of the Great Pyramids of Egypt was painted in the Otto Bollhagen studios around the time of the ship’s completion in 1903. During World War I, the ship was … Continue reading →

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6th Century: St. Brendan’s Isle

Posted on November 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

The 10th century Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis relates the story of Saint Brendan the Abbot (c. AD 484 – c. 577), who takes a group of fourteen monks on an expedition in search of the island of Paradise. After a … Continue reading →

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2012: Journey

Posted on July 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Sol Halabi: Viaje en Bote (2012)

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1888: Lilies

Posted on March 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles Courtney Curran: Lotus Lilies (1888)

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1894: Versions

Posted on February 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Kobayashi Kiyochika: Our Naval Forces in the Yellow Sea Firing at and Sinking Chinese Warships (1894) Josh Cochran: Tritons (c. 2006) Kiyochika’s print is propaganda celebrating Japan’s military superiority in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Sources here and here. … Continue reading →

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1860: Disaster

Posted on January 30, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Ruthven Wheeler: Great Lakes Marine Disaster (c. 1860)

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1893: Lake

Posted on January 29, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Second Strait, Lake Placid (1893)

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