Untitled, North Church, Belfast, Maine ca. 1910
Following a split in the congregation of the First Church, the North Church was built in 1831 on Market Street, between High and Church streets. »Read More
Shipping off New York
James E. Buttersworth, signed, c.1860. Behind the ship headed into New York is the Sandy Hook light. The vessel is shortening sail perhaps to take aboard a pilot »Read More
Clipper Ship in Heavy Squall
James E. Buttersworth, signed. This is just another day at work for the crew of a hard sailing clipper. »Read More
US Ship of the Line Under Tow
James E. Buttersworth, signed, c.1850. We do not know which ship Buttersworth painted here. The United States Navy never had many warships of this size and not all existed when Buttersworth was painting. »Read More
HMS MONARCH in Portsmouth, England
James E. Buttersworth, signed, c. 1870. In 1869, American George Peabody died in his adopted country: Britain. Here his body is being loaded on the HMS MONARCH »Read More
American Frigate in Distress
James E. Buttersworth, signed. Riding to a couple of anchors in a last attempt to avoid going ashore, this American frigate flies its flag upside down as a distress signal. »Read More
American Ship of the Line and Two Schooners
James E. Buttersworth, signed. A two-decked American ship of the line is going to windward. »Read More
American Yachts and British Ship of the Line off Dover, England
James E. Buttersworth, signed. The white cliffs of Dover provide a backdrop for a busy shipping scene in the English Channel. »Read More
Ship in Heavy Storm
James E. Buttersworth, signed. Here a two-decked ship of the line rides in a major gale. »Read More
British Ships at Gibraltar
James E. Buttersworth, signed. A major thunderstorm has hit Gibraltar. »Read More