Sailors & Mermaids

May 13

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” 1867 Regatta at Sainte-Adresse “ …. Artist: Claude Monet

(Source: Flickr / renzodionigi)

May 11

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“ Steam Locomotive along the Yokohama Waterfront by Hiroshige III, ca. 1874 “

(Source: ocw.mit.edu)

May 05

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” Gravure — La Sirene “ … Engraving of a sculptural work in the Beaux-Arts style presented at the Salon De 1875

(Source: delcampe.net)

Apr 28

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” America’s Cup Yachts At Erie Basin Drydock — 1893 “ … Sloop Jubilee [Left] and Cutter Colonia [Right] … Photo: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection

(Source: nytstore.com)

Apr 25

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The Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound (Vignette), engraved by E. Goodall published 1836

(Source: tate.org.uk)

Mar 31

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oldbookillustrations:

The quay, waterford.

T. Creswick, from Ireland picturesque and romantic, by Leitch Ritchie, London, 1837.

(Source: archive.org)

(Reblogged from foresail)

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” The Hill at Kanagawa “ …. [Station # 4] by Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige [Circa 1830’s]

(Source: honolulumuseum.org)

Mar 17

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” Mermaids “ ….. Artist: Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825 - 1916)

(Source: Flickr / sofi01)

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desgarradura:

Hector Caffieri, “Young siren”

(Reblogged from haruchonns)

venusmilk:

Fabled mermaid and merman Illustrated by J.W. Buel

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(Reblogged from venusmilk)

Mar 15

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adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Yachts racing past the Kish light vessel off Dublin Bay
Oil on canvas; signed and dated, “SAMUEL WALTERS 1848”
1811–1882 (born at sea) — (big fat huge LOOKY)

The Kish light vessel (replaced by a lighthouse in 1965) denoted the northern end of a series of dangerous sandbanks running parallel to the Irish coast. Lying about four miles offshore and extending from Dublin down to Wexford, they were responsible for the loss of many ships.

The Kish was a familiar mark of the course for the offshore regattas organised by yacht clubs based at Dun Leary (Dun Laoghaire), the commodious sheltered harbour serving Dublin.

Walters depicts a typical large cutter of the period apparently ahead of two similar craft, although in fact they are well placed up wind of the leader. Should the next leg of the course involve tacking around the light ship, the present windward yacht might well prove the winner.

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