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An Action o! the Barbary Coast with Galleys and English Shipsby Willem van de Velde the Younger c. 1695

(Yale Center for British Art)


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English Warships Heeling in the Breeze O! shoreby Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707)



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An Evening Calm

by Peter Monamy (1681-1749)(Yale Center for British Art)


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“An English Ship with Sails Loosened Firing a Gun”

by Peter Monamy (1681-1749)(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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Sea Battle of the Anglo-Dutch Wars

by Willem van de Velde the Younger c. 1700(Yale Center for British Art)


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Shipping in a Calm

by Peter Monamy c. 1700 - 1725(Yale Center for British Art)


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“An English Sixth - Rate Ship Firing a Salute as a Barge Leaves; A Royal Yacht Nearby”

by Willem van de Velde, the Younger 1706(Rijsmuseum Van Gogh, Holland)


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Crowned Lion Figurehead Holding a Badge of the Cross of Saint George (Restored)

c. 1720(National Maritime Museum)


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Fire at Night o! a Fort

by Charles Brooking c. 1740(Yale Center for British Art)


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Lambeth Plate Depicting the Victory of Admiral Edward Vernon in 1739

London c. 1740(National Maritime Museum)


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The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

by Charles Brooking c. 1744 - 1755(Yale Center for British Art)


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Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory o! Cape Finisterre

by Samuel Scott c. 1749(Yale Center for British Art)


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An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze



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English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze



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“BRITISH RESENTMENT or the FRENCH fairly COOPT at Louisbourg”

byLouis Pierre Boitard 1755(Colonial Williamsburg)


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“Ship on Fire at Night”



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“The ROYAL GEORGE”

Engraved for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1756(Yale Center for British Art)


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Plan of the Battle of Minorca Position of the English and French Fleets at about half an hour after the afternoon of 20th of May 1756


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Action o! the Cape of Good Hope

by Samuel Scott c. 1757 (Yale Center for British Art)


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Action o! the Cape of Good Hope

by Samuel Scott c. 1757 (Yale Center for British Art)


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“The Capture of the Foudroyant by H.M.S. Monmouth, 28 February 1758”

by Francis Swaine 1758(Rijsmuseum Van Gogh, Holland)


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“LOUISBOURG CAPTURED” Medalby Thomas Pingo 1758

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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“DISPOSITION OF HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP THE BEDFORD, LOWER DECK”1760

(Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth)


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“The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 21 November 1758, the Day After”

by Richard Wright 1760(Rijsmuseum Van Gogh, Holland)


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“Bombardment on the Morro Castle, 1 July 1762”

by Richard Paton c. Mid 18th Century (Rijsmuseum Van Gogh, Holland)


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An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

by Francis Swaine c. 1762 - 1782(Yale Center for British Art)


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An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

by Francis Swaine c. 1762 - 1782(Yale Center for British Art)


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“Return of a Fleet into Plymouth Harbour”

by Dominic Serres, The Elder 1766(Rijsmuseum Van Gogh, Holland)


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“French Fire Rafts Attacking the English Fleet o! Quebec, 28 June 1759” by Samuel Scott 1767

(Rijsmuseum Van Gogh, Holland)


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"Vuë de Philadelphie,"

by Balthasar Frederich Leizelt, c. 1770(Library of Congress)


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"Ships o! the Gun Wharf at Portsmouth, 1770"

by Dominic Serres Late 18th Century (Library of Congress)


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"Vuë de Philadelphie,"

by Balthasar Frederich Leizelt, c. 1770(Library of Congress)


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The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor o! Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,by Francis Holmam c. 1775



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"A scene on board His Majesty's ship 'Deal Castle', Captain J. Cumming, in a voyage from the West Indies in the year 1775," Thomas Hearne 1804

(National Maritime Museum)


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The Dockyard at Portsmouth c. 1775 - 1780

Richard Paton for King George III(The Royal Collection)


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The Dockyard at Woolwich c. 1775 - 1780

Richard Paton for King George III(The Royal Collection)


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1776 Engraving of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain - October 11, 1776

H.M.S. Inflexible, Maria, CarletonContinental Ships Galley, Congress, and Washington


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"Anländung der Englischen Trouppen zu Neu Yorck,"

by Franz Xaver Habermann 1777 (Ann S.K.Brown Military Collection)


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"Anländung der Englischen Trouppen zu Neu Yorck,"

by Franz Xaver Habermann 1777 (Ann S.K.Brown Military Collection)


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"Anländung der Englischen Trouppen zu Neu Yorck,"by Franz Xaver Habermann 1777

(Ann S.K.Brown Military Collection)


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“THE OCCUPATION OF NEWPORT, 9 DECEMBER 1776” by Robert Cleveley, 1777 (Rijksmuseum, Holland)


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“THE OCCUPATION OF NEWPORT, 9 DECEMBER 1776” by Robert Cleveley, 1777 (Rijksmuseum, Holland)


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Naval Engagement of July 7-8, 1777by Francis Holman 1779


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Battle between the French frigate Surveillante and the British frigate Quebec, 6 october 1779 by Auguste-Louis Rossel de Cercy

(Musée national de la Marine)

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The “Quebec” and “Surveillante” in Action, 6 October 1779

Robert Dodd 1781(National Maritime Museum)


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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 Langaraby Francis Holman 1780


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



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The Battle of the Dogger Bank, 5 August 1781

by Thomas Lury 1781(National Maritime Museum)


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“ANNAPOLIS ROYAL”

by J.F.W. Des Barres 1781(Ann S.K. Brown Military Collection)


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“ANNAPOLIS ROYAL” by J.F.W. Des Barres 1781

(Ann S.K. Brown Military Collection)


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“ANTICIPATION; or, the CONTRAST to the ROYAL HUNT” by Viscount Marquis Townsend 1782

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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"Loss of HMS Ramillies, September 1782: Before the Storm Breaks"

by Robert Dodd


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



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The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782byThomas Miychell 1782



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



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“REYNARD’S HOPE”

by T. Brown 1784(Lewis Walpole Library)


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"The Departure of S.W. Prentice and Five Others from their Shipwrecked Companions, 1781"by Robert Pollard 1784

(Toronto Public Library)


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The Naval Dockyard at Deptfordby Samuel Scott (1702 - 1772)


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“A VIEW of DEPTFORD”


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The Rigging of a Ship of War


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A British Brigantine


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A British Brigantine


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The H.M.S. SomersettPart of the Boston Fleet who shelled Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill

Ran aground o! Provincetown in 1778. Over 100 of her Men were taken Prisoner


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The Wreck of the H.M.S. SomersettPart of the Boston Fleet who shelled Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill

Ran aground o! Provincetown in 1778. Over 100 of her Men were taken Prisoner


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Newport Harbor During the Battle of Rhode Island

1778


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A View of His Majesty’s Brigg Observer, Commanded by Lieut. John Crymes (to whom this print isinscribed) 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

(Beverley Robison Collection, US Naval Academy)


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“POLLY’s LAMENTATIION” by Carington Bowles

(The British Museum)


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“A MAN OF WAR IN FULL SAIL” (Ann S.K. Brown Collection, Brown University)


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