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561. A sailor.
*A sailor. Sailors were assigned to various jobs according to their skill. There were topmen who worked on the masts, forecastle men who looked after the...
562. A sailor's return in peace.
*A sailor's return in peace. A sailor greets his wife with a kiss on returning home from sea. Their four children greet him with a hug.
563. A Dutch galliot, a Spanish felucca, a French Chasse-Maree off the Eddystone Lighthouse.
*A Dutch galliot, a Spanish felucca, a French Chasse-Maree off the Eddystone Lighthouse. A Dutch galliot, a Spanish felucca, and a French Chasse-Maree off the Trinity House owned Eddystone Lighthouse, drawn on a fine day.
564. A distressed sailor.
*A distressed sailor. Destitute sailors temporarily without a ship or more often invalided out of service were a common sight both in Britain and abroad. While the loss of...
565. Vessels off the Tower, by Henry Moses.
*Vessels off the Tower, by Henry Moses. A variety of sailing ships, barges and rowing boats in the Upper Pool near the Tower of London, one of Henry Moses' series 'Sketches of shipping'...
566. View from Blackheath across the Isle of Dogs, by John Charnock.
*View from Blackheath across the Isle of Dogs, by John Charnock. A view across the Isle of Dogs from Blackheath and over to Greenwich. The Isle of Dogs is rural with windmills along the river bank.
567. View of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, at sunset, from Blackwall, by WL Wylle.
*View of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, at sunset, from Blackwall, by WL Wylle. A fluid watercolour sketch of the Royal Naval College (formerly Greenwich Hospital) by the marine William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931). The sketch...
568. Vessels moored beside a river, by WL Wyllie.
*Vessels moored beside a river, by WL Wyllie. A panoramic watercolour of a river, possibly the Thames looking towards London, with a bridge and large buildings outlined in the background.
569. Unloading into lighters in the Upper Pool, by WL Wyllie.
*Unloading into lighters in the Upper Pool, by WL Wyllie. At the height of the port's prosperity some 6000 lighters carried cargoes to and from the docks and wharves of London. This drypoint etching shows...
570. Tower Bridge, by WL Wyllie.
*Tower Bridge, by WL Wyllie. A watercolour of Tower Bridge, partly obscured by the warehouses of one of the wharves on the south bank, by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie...
 
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