British Naval, Marine, and Maritime Images

British Naval Ocers

The Honble: William Rowley Esqr. Vice Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief of His Majestys Fleet in the Mediterannean in 1745

Admiral John Byng (29 October 1704 14 March 1757)

Admiral John Byng (29 October 1704 14 March 1757)

The Shooting of Admiral Byng on board the Monarque

Sr. EDWARD HAWKE by Carington Bowles c. 1763

Vice Admiral, The Honorable, John Byron by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1759

Admiral Richard Black Dick Howe

Admiral Richard Black Dick Howe 1782

Admiral Richard Black Dick Howe

Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1749

Admiral Augustus Keppel by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Admiral Augustus Keppel by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Admiral Augustus Keppel by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1779

Admiral Sir Charles Hardy by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1780

Admiral Sir Charles Hardy Admiral of the White Squadron and Commander of the Grand British Fleet 1779

Admiral Sir Charles Hardy Admiral of the White Squadron and Commander of the Grand British Fleet c. 1780

The NAval Nurse, or Modern Commander Engraved by R. Attwold c. 1750

Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1770

Rear Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1759

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1782

Count De Grasse Oering the Sword of Surrender to Admiral Rodney At the Battle of the Saintes in 1782

Admiral Sir Francis Geary British School c. 1780

Admiral Sir Francis Geary by George Romney c. 1782 - 1783

Admiral George Darby by George Romney c. 1784

Admiral George Darby Unknown Artist c. 1774-1783

Admiral Sir Hyde Parker by George Romney c. 1782

Admiral Sir Hyde Parker by George Romney c. 1782

Captain (Later Admiral) Sir Hyde Parker II by George Romney

Admiral John Forbes by George Romney 1778

Admiral John Forbes after George Romney c. 1782 - 1783

Captain Samuel Hood John Wallaston c. 1748

Rear Admiral Samuel Hood James Northcote c. 1784

Figure of Admiral Samuel Hood Pierre Stephan c. 1785

Commodore, Sir William James, 1st Baronet by Joshua Reynolds 1784

Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt (1718 - 1782) byTilly Kettle 1782

Amiral Sir Chaloner Ogle (1726-1816) by George Romney c. 1781-1782

Vice Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley by George Romney c. 1787

Augustus John, Third Earl of Bristol by Thomas Gainsborough c. 1768

Clark Gayton, Admiral of the White: 1779

Captain (Later Admiral) Samuel Barrington by Nathaniel Dance c. 1770

Captain (Later Admiral) Samuel Barrington by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1779

Captain Thomas Baillie by Nathaniel Hone, the Elder c. 1779

Captain Peacock by John Francis Rigaud c. 1780

Captain Robert Man (1748 - 1813) by John Francis Rigaud 1779

Captain the Honourable Peregrine Bertie by Henry Walton

A Naval Ocer 1770s

Captain Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford 1770s

Captain (Later Commodor) Phillip Aeck (1726 - 1799) by Edward Penny

Captain Harry Harmood c. 1778

Captain Charles Maurice Poole

Captain Nelson

A KNIGHT of the SPIT by M.Darly 1774

Captain John Bentinck and His Son, William by Mason Chamberlin c. 1775

Captain Sir William Abdy, Bt, by Gilbert Stuart 1780

GEORG AUGUST ELLIOT After Richard Purcell 1782

James Gambier, Commander in Chief - North America Station 1770, Commissioner of Victualing Accounts 1773 by John Singleton Copley 1773 while in Boston

Captain James Cooke by Nathaniel Dance c. 1775

Captain James Cooke by William Hodges c. 1775 - 1776

The Death of Captain James Cooke

Captain James Cooke c. 1775

Captain James Cooke c. 1775

THE SAILORS RETURN OR VALOUR REWARDED NAVAL OFFICERS COAT C. 1774

NAVAL OFFICERS COAT C. 1774

NAVAL OFFICERS WAISTCOAT C. 1774

NAVAL OFFICERS BREECHES C. 1774

NAVAL OFFICERS UNDRESS COAT 1774 - 1787

NAVAL OFFICERS UNDRESS COAT 1774 - 1787

A LIEUTENANT with a Cutter 1777

Lt. Joseph Royal Loring by John Singleton Copley

Lt. Joseph Royal Loring by John Singleton Copley

British Lieutenant

British Lieutenant

Sir Home Riggs Popham 1783

A Lugsail Privateer Towing A Crippled Man of War into Port by Sayer & Bennett, London, 1783

Midshipmen

Midshipman - 1770s

Midshipman, Later Admiral, Sir Graham Moore

1777

Lord William de Vere, later 8th Duke of St. Albans c. 1770

Midshipman George Cumberland c. 1775 - 1780

Midshipman James Ward c. 1776 - 1780

Midshipman Samuel Linley c. 1770s Died on the H.M.S. Thunderer in 1778 from the Fever

His Royal Highness, Prince William Henry, Serving as Midshipman Aboard His Majestys Ship Saint George c. 1780

Midshipman Prince William, Later Duke of Clarence by Benjamin West 1782

Midshipman Sir Henry William Bayntun by Thomas Hickey c. 1780

Midshipman Augustus Brine by John Singleton Copley 1782

The Sailors

Count De Grasse in the Sugar Trap 1782

An English MAN of WAR taking a FRENCH PRIVATEER

THE SAILORS PLEASURE

JACK GOT SAFE INTO PORT WITH HIS PRIZE

A RICH PRIVATEER brought safe into PORT by TWO FIRST RATES by Carrington Bowles after Robert Dighton 1782

A RICH PRIVATEER brought safe into PORT by TWO FIRST RATES by Carrington Bowles after Robert Dighton 1782

JACK on a CRUISE c. 1780

Jack Oakham throwing out a Signal for Engagement 1781

Jack Oakham throwing out a Signal for Engagement 1781

An ENGLISH SLOOP engaging a DUTCH MAN of WAR 1781

An ENGLISH SLOOP engaging a DUTCH MAN of WAR by Carington Bowles 1781

An ENGLISH SLOOP engaging a DUTCH MAN of WAR by Carington Bowles 1781

The SAILORS PRESENT or The JEALOUS CLOWN 1778

Monsieur sneaking Gallantly into Brest's sculking-hole after receiving a preliminary salutation of British Jack Tar the 27 of July 1778 by William Richardson 1778

JACKS RETURN AFTER LORD HOWES GLORIOUS VICTORY by Sayer & Bennett 1780

JACKS RETURN AFTER LORD HOWES GLORIOUS VICTORY by Sayer & Bennett 1780

JACK ENGLAND Fighting the FOUR CONFEDERATES 1781

Men of War, BOUND for the PORT of PLEASURE 1791

The SAILOR riding to PORTSMOUTH Published by Carington Bowles after Robert Dighton

The SAILOR riding to PORTSMOUTH Published by Carington Bowles after Robert Dighton

An English Jack-Tar giving Monsieur a Drubbing, 1778

The Sailor Riding to Portsmouth by Carington Bowles after Robert Dighton 1782

The Sailor Riding to Portsmouth by Carington Bowles after Robert Dighton 1782

Oh! LORD HOWE - they Run or Jack English Clearing the Gangway before Gibralter by Thomas Colley 1782

THE TRUE BRITISH TAR by Carington Bowles After Robert Dighton 1785

THE TRUE BRITISH TAR by Carington Bowles After Robert Dighton 1785

A RESCUE or the TARS TRIUMPHANT

A FLEET of TRANSPORTS under CONVOY 1781

THE SAILORS FLEET WEDDING ENTERTAINMENT

THE SAILORS RETURN C. 1786

THE SAILORS RETURN OR VALOUR REWARDED

THE SAILOR

ATTIC MISCELLANY - MANNING THE NAVY 1780

Double - Breasted Broadcloth Jacket Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Witby, Lost Near Gdansk September 1785

Double - Breasted Broadcloth Jacket Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Witby, Lost Near Gdansk September 1785

Double - Breasted Broadcloth Jacket Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Witby, Lost Near Gdansk September 1785

Double - Breasted Broadcloth Jacket Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Witby, Lost Near Gdansk September 1785

The Victualling Committee Framing a Report A View of the Parliament Committe investigating the Naval Victualling Board by James Gillray, London, 1782

The Artwork of 2nd Lieutenant Gabriel Bray (1750 - 1823) While Aboard H.M. Ship Pallus en route to West Africa and the West Indies 1774 - 1775

Lt. Gabriel Bay, Royal Navy, Shaving March 1775

Lt. Gabriel Bay, Royal Navy, Sketching in Watercolors April 1775

Plan and Two Sections of a Proposed Dockyard, Possibly at Deal Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

The Expedition Brigg as She Appeared Wreckd on the Western Point of the Island of Sta Cruiz Tenerie Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

Two Small Royal Navy Frigates Lt. Gabriel Bay - April 1775

Deserters Taken on the Spott from the Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - Decr 1774

Anchored Warship Firing A Salute Lt. Gabriel Bay - June 1774

An Ocer from the Pallas, Possibly Alexander Agnew Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

Half Length Portrait of a Young Man Lt. Gabriel Bay - Decr 1774

Oriental Seaman Lt. Gabriel Bay - March 1775

The Sailmaker Ticketting the Hammocks on Board the Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - November 1774

A Sailor Bringing Up His Hammock Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

A Sailor Centinel on the Palluss Gangway Lt. Gabriel Bay - December 1774

A Sailor Fishing O A Gun Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

A Sailor Fishing O A Gun Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

Seaman Leaning on a Gun on the Pallus Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1775

Seaman Relaxing on the Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - April 1775

Seamen Painting a Jolly Boat Lt. Gabriel Bay - July 1774

Sketch Between Decks of the Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - May 1775

The Steward of the Pallas Weighing a Piece of Beef Lt. Gabriel Bay - December 1774

A Sticker-up of Bills on Tower - Hill at the Rendezvous at the Kings Arms Lt. Gabriel Bay - October 1774

Taken on Board the Pallas at Sea Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

Under the Pallass Half Deck Lt. Gabriel Bay - December 1774

Mr. James Cornwallis, Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - March 1775

A Waterman at Portsmouth Point Lt. Gabriel Bay - November 1774

A Waterman at Portsmouth Point Lt. Gabriel Bay - November 1774

Two Male Figures Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Back View of a Man Urinating Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Man Carrying a Sack Lt. Gabriel Bay - October 1774

Man Having His Shoes Polished Lt. Gabriel Bay - October 1774

Man in a Red Frock Coat Lt. Gabriel Bay - April to May 1775

Taking in Hay & Stacking It Lt. Gabriel Bay - June 1774

A View of the Dock Gates at Portsmouth taken from the Navy Coee House Window Lt. Gabriel Bay - December 1774

Woman Asleep beside a Wheelbarrow of Fruit, Which is being stolen by Two Small Boys Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

A View of Fort Apolonia & the Canoe Landing the Ocer Thro the Surg Lt. Gabriel Bay - March 1775

A View of a Dutch Fort taken from the Pallus when Passing it Supposed to be Artez Lt. Gabriel Bay - March 1775

A View of the Fort at Senegal taken from the Road Lt. Gabriel Bay - February 1775

View up a River with Wooded Banks Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

"A Launch of Spaniards weighing an Anchor at Teneri, Jany 75." Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1775

A Harvest Man - Old Hook Lt. Gabriel Bay - August 1774

A Shop on the Point at Portsmouth Lt. Gabriel Bay - November 1774

Horse Lt. Gabriel Bay - May 1774

Older Gentleman Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Woman Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Woman Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Woman Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

The Head Dress of the Woppo Negros Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Woppo (?) Girl Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Soldiers Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

View of the Fountain at St. Cruz Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

View of the Fountain at St. Cruz Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

The British Marines

Captain Charles Repington of H.M. Corps. of Royal Marines English School 1755

Captain the Honorable John Maitland of the 109th Company, Corps of Marines by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1765

Lieutenant George Belson Corps. of Marines c. 1780

Second Lieutenant Laurence Desborough Corps of Marines c. 1775

Unknown Marine Ocer c. 1775

Unknown Ocer, Corps. of Marines c. 1780

Wife to Unknown Ocer, Corps. of Marines c. 1780

Unknown Marine Ocer c. 1775

Lt. George Dyer, Marine Light Infantry by James Northcote

Marine Ocer Repousse Button from the Revolution

Marine Leaning on a Pile of Bales Lt. Gabriel Bay - 1774

Four Marines eating Pease on Board the Pallus Lt. Gabriel Bay - Novr 1774

A Marine Sentinel on the Pallus Gangway Lt. Gabriel Bay - Jany 1775

Two Marines on the Pallass Gangway Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

A Marine & Seaman Fishing O the Anchor on Board the Pallus in Senegal Road Lt. Gabriel Bay - January 1775

A Marine Asleep Beneath a Companionway on the Pallas Lt. Gabriel Bay - April 1775

The Death of Captain James Cooke, 14 February, 1779

The Coat of Major General Arthur Tooker Collins Who Served in the British Marines

The Coat of Major General Arthur Tooker Collins Who Served in the British Marines

Ships of War

The Rigging of a Ship of War

A British Brigantine

A British Brigantine

The Dockyard at Portsmouth c. 1775 - 1780 Richard Paton for King George III

The Dockyard at Woolwich c. 1775 - 1780 Richard Paton for King George III

1776 Engraving of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain - October 11, 1776 H.M.S. Inexible, Maria, Carleton Continental Ships Galley, Congress, and Washington

H.M.S. Somersett Part of the Boston Fleet Who Shelled Charlestown During the Battle of Bunker Hill Ran Aground o Provincetown in 1778 Over 100 Of Her Men Taken Prisoner

H.M.S. Somersett Part of the Boston Fleet Who Shelled Charlestown During the Battle of Bunker Hill Ran Aground o Provincetown in 1778 Over 100 Of Her Men Taken Prisoner

Newport Harbor During the Battle of Rhode Island 1778

The Quebec and Surveillante in Action, 6 October 1779 Robert Dodd 1781

The Moonlight Battle: The Battle of Cape St. Vincent o Portugal, 16 January 1780 Admiral Sir George Rodney Defeats the Spanish Squadron Commanded by Don Juan de Langara 1780

The Moonlight Battle: The Battle of Cape St. Vincent o Portugal, 16 January 1780 Thomas Lury 1780

The Battle of the Dogger Bank, 5 August 1781 Thomas Lury 1781

The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782 Thomas Lury 1782

The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782 Thomas Whitcombe 1783

A VIEW of DEPTFORD

A View of His Majestys Brigg Observer, Commanded by Lieut. John Crymes (to whom this print is inscribed) Engaging the American Privateer Ship Jack, John Ropes (commander), by Night on the 29th of May 1782, O the Harbour of Hallifax, Nova Scotia Aquatint by Robert Dodd, 1784

Crowned Lion Figurehead Holding a Badge of the Cross of Saint George c. 1720 Restored Paint

A MAN OF WAR IN FULL SAIL

Lambeth Plate Depicting the Victory of Admiral Edward Vernon in 1739 London c. 1740

Arms and Accoutrements

Blunderbuss JORDAN 1758

7 Barrel Volley Gun c. 1780 London, England

British Naval Grenade

British Naval Brass Cartridge Box c. 1720 - 1740

Naval Telescope by Nairne & Blunt c. 1775

Naval Octant by Martin, Joshua Lover; Jesse Ramsden c. 1774

Naval Breatplate

Spring-driven Clock / Marine Chronometer / Clock-Case Made in Plymouth by Thomas Mudge 1774

Spring-driven Clock / Marine Chronometer / Clock-Case Made in Plymouth by Thomas Mudge 1774

Artifacts from the H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Orpheus Sunk in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by the Fleet of Admiral Comte dEstang July 29, 1778

Artifacts from the H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Orpheus Sunk in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by the Fleet of Admiral Comte dEstang July 29, 1778

Artifacts from the H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Orpheus Sunk in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by the Fleet of Admiral Comte dEstang July 29, 1778

Artifacts from the H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Orpheus Sunk in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by the Fleet of Admiral Comte dEstang July 29, 1778

Maritime

A Rich Privateer Brought Safe Into Port by Two First Rates Bowles 1782

A Rich Privateer Brought Safe Into Port by Two First Rates Bowles 1782

MACARONIES GOING TO A CUTTER FEAST 1776

 Watson and the Shark by J. S. Copley 1778 The 1749 Attack on Brook Watson in Havana, Cuba

3rd Version Watson and the Shark by J. S. Copley 1778 The 1749 Attack on Brook Watson in Havana, Cuba

Petticoat Breeches Worn Over Breeches

Anne Bonny

James John the Painter Aitken Born in Edinburgh in 1752, Petty Criminal Who Emigrated to the Colonies & Returned to England to Terrorize the Ports of Porstmouth & Bristol Through Arson

Rapist of Women ( or Sheep ??) I made the best of my way through Winchester to Basingstoke, intending to return to London. Going over a down near Basingstoke, I saw a girl watching some sheep, upon whom, with some threats and imprecations, I committed a rape, to my shame it be said.
James John the Painter Aitken Born in Edinburgh in 1752, Petty Criminal Who Emigrated to the Colonies & Returned to England to Terrorize the Ports of Porstmouth & Bristol Through Arson

The Thames Wharf c. 1757 Samuel Scott (1702-1772)

Iron Ship Stove 18th Century

Industry and Idleness, 5: "The Idle 'Prentice turn'd away, and sent to Sea." 1747

Study of an Oarsman by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)

Study of a Barge Seen from the Port Beam with a Second Study of the Bows by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)

Study of a Barge Seen from above the Starboard Quarter by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)

A Barge Seen from aft of the Port Beam, with a Pram Alongside by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)

Study of the Stern of a Barge by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)

Study of the Stern of a Barge by Samuel Scott (1702-1772)

Scene in a Dutch Estuary by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)

A Thames Wharf by Samuel Scott c. 1757

A Thames Wharf by Samuel Scott c. 1757

A View of the Inside of Mergate Pier by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)

Greenwich Hospital by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)

The Pool of London by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772) c. 1769

A Coast Scene with Warships Firing a Salute by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772) c. 1730

Part of Old Westminster Bridge by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772) c. 1750

The Building of Westminster Bridge by Samuel Scott (1702 -1774) c. 1750

Departure from England of Francis, Duke of Lorraine, 1731 by Samuel Scott c. 173

Shipping on the Thames o Rotherhithe by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772) c. 1740

The Thames at Westminster Bridge with Barges by Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772) c. 1746

A view of Roseau in the Island of Dominique, with the Attack made by LORD ROLLO, ...1760 by Page 1779

"The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea" Pl 5 of William Hogarths Industry and Idleness 1747

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