Tall Ships

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Hunt,Geoff-HMS Trusty - oil on panel

HMS Trusty in English Harbour, Antigua
'The 50-gun ship Trusty takes on stores, while to the right a sloop is careened (heeled over to get at the underwater hull) for attention.'

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Myers, Mark R-Frigate Off Barnpool - watercolour

'Barnpool lies where the Hamoaze meets Plymouth Sound, a snug, deep cove, perfect for riding out a tide or for holing when the gales roar outside.'

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Myers, Mark R-The Eclipse Off Anjer - oil on canvas

'...the Eclipse...one of the celebrated Salem East Indiamen, a regular in the Sumatran pepper trade.'

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where are you getting all of these?

I found a Usenet newsgroup called tall ships. Here is the address.
alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships

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Myers,Mark R-Ononnistoy - watercolour

The visit of Ononnistoy and other chiefs to Captain George Vancouver aboard the Discovery at Port Stewart, Alaska. 1 September 1793
'...a record of the elaborate ceremonial visit of the Tlingit chief Guna'ne'sté ('Ononnistoy' to Vancouver) to the English ships at anchor near present-day Ketchikan.'

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The next one is my favorite.

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Myers, Mark R-The Neva - watercolour

Pulled With Uncommon Strength.
The Neva Crosses Sitka Sound, 28 September 1804

'...on the 28th towards noon, we moved out of Cross Bay. The weathe was so calm, that our ships were obliged to be towed till ten in the evening, when we anchored for the night, at a short distance from the old settlement of the Sitcans. The Neva could not have reached this situation, but for the united assistance of upwards of a hundred bidarkas, which, though small in size, pulled with uncommon strength.' 'This passage in Captain Yuri Lisianski's 'Voyage Around the World' was simply asking to be painted. A fleet of Russian ships being towed Gulliver-like into battle by a horde of Lilliputian kayaks makes an unusual subject to say the least.'

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Still more to come later

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I hope some of those bilge rats poke into this thread. It'll do em some good.

JD

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Myers, Mark R-Covelly-Evening - watercolour
'Twilight is stealing down the hill as the local smack Victory slips back into harbour in this scene from the end of the last century.'

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Myers, Mark R-The Dolores Off Salcombe Bar - watercolour
'...a small fruit schooner of the 1840s, the Dolores...'

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Myers, Mark R-The Slava Rosjii - oil on canvas

Towards Evening We Went On Shore. The Slava Rosjii at Three Saints Harbour, 20 June 1790.
'...the landing of the Billings Expedition at Three Saints Bay, a desolate Russian trading post on Kodiak Island.'

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You're putting me in the mood to try painting again Clancy . I might try # 67.

Are you sure about the Lady Washington painting ? The current one is a brig I believe. The one shown looks more like the Sloop[ Providence.

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The brig Lady washington was originally built as the sloop Washington in 1750.
After serving as a merchant vessel for several years, the Washington was refitted as a privateer in 1776. Many merchants went into that business, for as the war went on, trade goods such as sugar and coffee became scarce. There was a lot of money to be had in privateering, as well as the patriotic pride of helping the Colonial cause.
In order to avoid further confusion she was renamed Lady Washington from her original name of "Washington" which had suddenly become rather popular.
In 1789 the sloop was refitted as a brig.

Lady Washington Website

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I guess there was a lot of rig changes just like today. The current Sloop Providence had a lot of look a likes in their day as well.

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http://www.hrmm.org/press/providence/photos.html

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Myers, Mark R-The Susanna - watercolour

The Susanna Off Hartland Quay.
'The painting shows the last of the smacks owned at the Quay, Charles Brimacombe's Susanna, reaching out for an offing on a blustery afternoon.'

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Myers, Mark R-Sv Pavel - watercolour

As Close To The Shore As We Dared. The Sv. Pavel Off Lisianski Strait, 18 July 1741.

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Hunt, Geoff-Star Clipper - oil on canvas

Star Clipper off Martinique, West Indies

'A pleasant reminder that not all tall ships belong to history. Star Clipper and her identical sister-ship Star Flyer are purpose-built cruise ships, designed to carry about 150 passengers in great luxury, but they are also true sailing ships, four-masted barquentines...In the distance is the staysail schooner Gloria; beyond her lies the isolated Diamond Rock...The land beyond is Martinique, then as now a French possession.'

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Kadlec, Dusan

The Schooners Bluenose and Henry Ford off Gloucester

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Kadlec, Dusan
Bonsecours Market - Old Montreal

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Kadlec, Dusan
A View of Boston from East Boston

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Kadlec, Dusan
Brooklyn Bridge Celebration - East River, New York

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Brooklyn Bridge by Moonlight 1883

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The Cleopatra of Nantucket

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A Following Sea

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Fulton Fish Market - New York

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Morning Departure

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Island Home - Nantucket

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A View of Maiden Lane - New York

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HMS Thunderer and Invincible - Malta 1888

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Grand Bank Schooners

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Another fine collection Clancy , thanks.

# 77 shows the Chinese trackers pulling the water craft up the Yang-see must have been something to see in the old days. I understand they pulled up some of the Tea clippers as well. What a tough way to make a living.

I may just print em all and and paper a room with them.

I think Maiden Lane is now South Street Seaport. In one moonlit scene painting John Stobart did If you looked real close there was a hooker and a sailor in one window.

Several of his paintings had a liquor bottle on board, just innocently off in one corner.

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wow again...


where are all the originals at?

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The Hartford Waterfront by Moonlight

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Heading Home

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Schooner at Sea

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Saint John Circa 1898