Maritime Art Archive
A Hospital Ward (1943-4)
Rosemary Rutherford (1912–72) trained at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the New English Art Club prior to the Second World War. When war broke out, aged, 27, she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross. She performed a variety of jobs which included working as a nurse in the Royal […] Read More
Self-portrait of Lieutenant Gabriel Bray sketching in watercolours (April 1775)
This is just one of seventy-three sketches by Gabriel Bray that were preserved in an album and purchased for the National Maritime Museum by the Society for Nautical Research’s MacPherson Fund in 1991. The artist, Gabriel Bray, served as a second lieutenant on the 44-gun HMS Pallas between December 1774 and September 1775 and undertook two voyages to […] Read More
From Sheerness to Valentia, on board Brunel’s paddle steamer SS Great Eastern (1868)
This painting shows a rare view of life on board the largest paddle steamer in the world, the Great Eastern, built between 1854 and 1858 and designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). The painting shows several passengers promenading on the upper deck, the main thoroughfare of the ship, while others relax in deck chairs. The […] Read More
The China War 1857, wooded creek with firing from shore positions (1857)
This is one of nine watercolours made during the China War by Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton and the fourth of the collection already published in our Online Art Archive. This image, from 1857, shows a British landing party returning fire as it approaches the shore. Born in Hackney, Dutton went on to become one of the most famous […] Read More
Sir Edward Pellew, Lord Exmouth (c.1797)
This portrait of Edward Pellew was purchased in 1997, the full cost being provided by the SNR’s McPherson Fund. Pellew was one of the Georgian Navy’s most distinguished officers. By the time that this portrait was painted, Pellew had already been in the Navy for 27 years. He had joined in 1770, five years before […] Read More
African Canoe Paddling Through Surf
This is just one of seventy-three sketches by Gabriel Bray that were preserved in an album and purchased for the National Maritime Museum by the Society for Nautical Research’s MacPherson Fund in 1991. The artist, Gabriel Bray, served as a second lieutenant on the 38-gun HMS Pallas between December 1774 and September 1775 and undertook two […] Read More
Seamen relaxing on HMS Pallas
This is just one of seventy-three sketches by Gabriel Bray that were preserved in an album and purchased for the National Maritime Museum by the Society for Nautical Research’s MacPherson Fund in 1991. The artist, Gabriel Bray, served as a second lieutenant on the 44-gun HMS Pallas between December 1774 and September 1775. This image of seamen relaxing […] Read More
Man carrying a sack (October 1774)
This is just one of seventy-three sketches by Gabriel Bray that were preserved in an album and purchased for the National Maritime Museum by the Society for Nautical Research’s MacPherson Fund in 1991. The artist, Gabriel Bray, served as a second lieutenant on the 44-gun HMS Pallas between December 1774 and September 1775. This image of a waterman […] Read More
The China War 1857, river view with tower, fort, three masted vessel and junk (1857)
This painting, showing a calm scene on the Canton River after the War of 1857, is one of nine watercolours made during the China War by Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton and the third of the collection already published in our Online Art Archive. Born in Hackney, Dutton went on to become one of the most famous lithographers of the […] Read More
The China War 1857. Two ship’s boats firing (1857)
This is one of nine watercolours made during the China War by Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton and the second of the collection already published in our Online Art Archive. Born in Hackney, Dutton went on to become one of the most famous lithographers of the nineteenth century for his exceptional nautical scenes and portraits. Although his work […] Read More