Public domain art: ships
Artworks depicting ships, catalogued by the museums that hold them. Each one is free to download, with its colour palette extracted from the image and its maximum print size measured at 300 DPI.
Works in Public domain art: ships

A Picturesque View of the State of the Nation for February 1778
Anonymous, British, 18th century

The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut
Currier & Ives

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers
Currier & Ives

Bathes in the Mediterranean, is swallowed by a fish, from which he is extricated by dancing a hornpipe
Thomas Tegg

Lose their Compass, their ships slips between the teeth of a fish unknown in this part of the world
Thomas Tegg

The Baron crosses the Thames without the assistance of a bridge, ship, boat, or balloon, or even his own will
Thomas Rowlandson

General Cheathem's Marvellous Return from His Exhibition of Fire Works
Thomas Tegg

Procession of the Cod Company from St. Giles's to Billingsgate
Thomas Rowlandson

A Long Pull A Strong Pull and a Pull Altogether
Thomas Rowlandson

The Naumacia to Commemorate a Peace
Thomas Rowlandson

The Man in the Moon! of Cosular Observations
Isaac Cruikshank

Snuffbox with Ulysses discovering Achilles and harbor scenes
F.S., Switzerland

Bay and Harbor from near Fort Castle William
Unknown artist

Fight Between the U.S. Frigate President and H.B.M. Endymion, January 15, 1814
Unknown artist

Harbor Scene
Unknown artist

Perry's Victory
Unknown artist

The Plantation
Unknown artist

Seascape Fantasy
Unknown artist

Tobacco Sign
Unknown artist

United States and Macedonian
Unknown artist

View of New York from New Jersey
Unknown artist

View of the Battery, New York
Unknown artist

View of the Harbor at Canton
Unknown artist

View from Staten Island
Unknown artist

清 佚名 台南地區荷蘭城堡|Forts Zeelandia and Provintia and the City of Tainan
Unidentified artist

Ship (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Edmund C. Coates

British Fleet off Salamis (from Sketchbook)
Mary Newbold Sargent

Seascape
Walter Shirlaw

The Bay of New York Taken from Brooklyn Heights
William Guy Wall

Ship Study (from Sketchbook X)
William Trost Richards

Outline Sketch of a Ship's Stern (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Ship Study for the Landing of Columbus (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Sketch of a Ship for the Landing of Columbus (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Sketch of a Ship's Stern (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Sketch of a Caravel; Figure in a Boat (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Sketch of a Ship at Anchor for The Landing of Columbus (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Ship and Windsock (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Sketch of a Ship Seen from the Stern (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Study of a Ship and Rowboat (from Sketchbook)
Albert Bierstadt

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide

City Point, Virginia
Andrew Joseph Russell
![[Crew of U.S. Monitor "Saugus"]. Brady album, p. 172](/img/ff5f13464fd6/400.webp)
[Crew of U.S. Monitor "Saugus"]. Brady album, p. 172
Mathew B. Brady

"General Grant" at Kingston Gap, Tennessee River
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Ship "Mendota", James River
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Gunboat "Commodore Perry" on Pamunkey River
Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Frigates "Santee" and "Constitution" off Naval Academy, Annapolis
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Monitor "Casco" on James River, taken from a lookout tower on bank.
Mathew B. Brady

Unloading Supplies for U.S. Military Railroad opposite Richmond, Virginia
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Gunboat at Kingston Gap
Mathew B. Brady
![[U.S. Gunboat]. Brady album, p. 161](/img/d607636d800b/400.webp)
[U.S. Gunboat]. Brady album, p. 161
Mathew B. Brady

Officers of "Mendota"
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Monitor Lehigh, James River
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Monitor "Saugus" and Gunboat "Mendota", Appomattox River
Mathew B. Brady

U.S. Gunboat "Mendota", James River
Mathew B. Brady

The Port, Trouville
Eugène Boudin

Seascape with Seven Figures and a Dog
Nicolaas Aartman

Seascape with Six Figures in the Foreground
Nicolaas Aartman

A Ship at Sea
Ludolf Backhuysen

Ships in a Stormy Sea
Ludolf Backhuysen

Study for Decoration of the Obelisk at Port-Vendres
Charles de Wailly