Tall Ships

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Return of the Fleet - Yarmouth

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Pike Street Wharf - Seattle

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Racing Schooners

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Old Port Montreal at the Entrance to Lachine Canal

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Racing Schooners

Great painting Clancy!
Thanks for posting!

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The Waterfront Nantucket by Moonlight

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Morning Glory

[J. Dillon]

IMHO one of the best threads here Clancy.

I'm so happy you took the time and energy to find this outstanding collection and posted for all of us to enjoy. Too bad some from the bilge don't rise above to enjoy them.

I too like this one. The artist has capatured a cold looking sea.

[NoraLee]

Clancy,

That was some collection of Marine Art... felt like I have been to a museum or gallery! Looked for my favorite "Rising Wind" by Montague Dawson, but these will have to suffice

Thank You, from a fellow art lover and sometimes Bilge Lurker!

Nora Lee

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South Street Sailmaker - New York

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South Street Sunset - New York

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New York Harbor 1883

[C. Ross]

Great stuff. Thanks very much.

Why not a sticky on this thread?

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Farquar's Wharf Sunset

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A View of Manhattan from Governor's Island

[P.L.Lenihan]

Old Port Montreal at the Entrance to Lachine Canal

Neat painting! Most(if not all) of the buildings you see in the background are still there,including the twin spiers of Notre Dame church where Celine Dion was married, with only the canal entrance having undergone some modification

Peter

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Halifax Harbor Circa 1839

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Towing Out - Halifax Harbor Circa 1890

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Halifax Harbor Looking North, Circa 1898

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The Halifax Waterfront by Sunset Circa 1900

[Gary Bergman]

Since this is where we are at today in our travels, I'll toss this one in by Leon Tantillo, 'Morning Mist on the Hudson'

[Tom Hunter]

Clancy,

Earlier in the thread you had a question about the Constitution backwinding the main topsail in her battle with the Java.

She is about to pass in front of the Java, I suspect the captain is slowing her so that he has more time to unload a broadside down the length of the other ship. This will cause carnage on the deck, and if they can put some shots through the Java's bow it will also wreck the forward parts of her gun deck.

Also (and I am not sure on this) he may be doing some steering with the sails. He would not want Java to cut cross his stern, then Java could rake him. So he might be preparing to bear off to starboard after unloading his port broadside. That would pass his stern in front of Java's bow, which is pretty safe to do, and open up is starboard broadside which can fire while the port side guns are reloading.

It would not suprise me if this painting is based partly on the logs of the battle. Its been a long time since I last read about the Constitution in action, but if that is true and my reply is even half correct you can begin to see why Java surrenderd.

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The Broadway Omnibus - South Street, New York

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Twilight at the Cotton Depot - South Street, New York

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Tobin Wharf by Moonlight

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Bowsprits Along South Street - New York

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The Hartford Waterfront

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The SS Minnesota - Seattle Harbor

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Steamboat Wharf - Nantucket

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New series featuring the work of Jack Spurling (British, 1871-1933)

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James Baines

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Lightning

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Sovereign of The Seas

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The Tweed

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Macquaire

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Loch Etive

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Mount Stewart

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Hesperus

[gert]

Amazing
thank-you

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Taiping

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Mermerus

[Bill R]

Amazing. Thank you Clancy.

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Port Jackson

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Torrens

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Thomas Stevens

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Samuel Plimsoll

[J. Dillon]

Clancy , one of the best threads here.

As a boy I used to go to the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan about 103 street. At the time they had a great diorama of the NY waterfront during the great age of the clippers . Those daunting bowsprits jutting over South street always got to me. Now I have it all again right on my computer. I can get lost in the images .....all of them..


A sincere thanks

JD

[rufustr]

The days of bowsprits hanging over the streets must have been amazing, and the art you have posted is fantastic.
Thank you.

[clancy]

Medway