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Shipping off New York

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

Clipper Ship in Heavy Squall

Clipper Ship in Heavy Squall

James E. Buttersworth, signed. This is just another day at work for the crew of a hard sailing clipper.

US Ship of the Line Under Tow

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.

HMS MONARCH in Portsmouth, England

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

American Frigate in Distress

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.

American Ship of the Line and Two Schooners

American Ship of the Line and Two Schooners

James E. Buttersworth, signed. A two-decked American ship of the line is going to windward.

American Yachts and British Ship of the Line off Dover, England

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.

Ship in Heavy Storm

Ship in Heavy Storm

James E. Buttersworth, signed. Here a two-decked ship of the line rides in a major gale.

British Ships at Gibraltar

British Ships at Gibraltar

James E. Buttersworth, signed. A major thunderstorm has hit Gibraltar.

Two American Clipper Ships

Two American Clipper Ships

James E. Buttersworth, signed. These vessels, running downwind in a breeze, have the big single topsails common to all ships prior to the 1860s.

HMS SEAHORSE capturing LE SENSIBLE

HMS SEAHORSE capturing LE SENSIBLE

Thomas Buttersworth Sr., signed, c.1815. The British prided themselves in winning single ship fights against the French.

Shipping in Rough Seas

Shipping in Rough Seas

Thomas Buttersworth, Jr., attributed, c. 1820. It’s blowing hard enough for the little lug-rigged boat on the right to be deeply reefed with her mizzen furled.

Naval Squadron, Mediterranean

Naval Squadron, Mediterranean

Thomas Buttersworth, Jr., signed, c.1820. Buttersworth instantly places these three Royal Navy vessels in the Mediterranean by painting a Mediterranean xebec under the bowsprit

Shipping on a Calm Sea

Shipping on a Calm Sea

Thomas Buttersworth, Sr., signed, c.1820. Here, Buttersworth portrays the mix of shipping traffic along the English Channel near the coast in a scene evocative of earlier Dutch paintings.

USS UNITED STATES captures HMS MACEDONIAN, October 25, 1812

USS UNITED STATES captures HMS MACEDONIAN, October 25, 1812

Thomas Buttersworth Jr. c.1813. Stephen Decatur was in command of the 44 gun frigate UNITED STATES when he took the 38 gun MACEDONIAN near the Canary Islands.

Packet Ship NABRASKA [sic]

Packet Ship NABRASKA [sic]

James E. Buttersworth, signed, c.1850. The NEBRASKA was one of hundreds of packets (ships operating on schedule) sailing the Atlantic before the Civil War.

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