A ship caught in a storm; three people in a lifeboat in the foreground. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1820.

A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.

Saint Paul: he is shipwrecked on Malta. Engraving, 1794, by B.T. Pouncy after P.J. Loutherbourg.

A child being rescued from a shipwreck, two women are in the sea about to be rescued by a boat. Stipple engraving by A. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon.

A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.

Saint Paul: his shipwreck on Malta. Engraving by M. Vandergucht after G. Freman.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

Ship-wreck near Caiphas, with Mount Carmel in the distance. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.

A sunken ship representing German commerce; a bearded skeleton next to it. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

The voyage of the 'Frolic' : New England merchants and the opium trade / Thomas N. Layton.

An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / By Sir William Hillary.

An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution, for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / by Sir William Hillary.

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Shipwrecks

Images from the collections

Images about Shipwrecks

Works from the collections

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

The voyage of the 'Frolic' : New England merchants and the opium trade / Thomas N. Layton.

An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / By Sir William Hillary.

An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution, for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / by Sir William Hillary.

Shipwrecks

Images from the collections

Images about Shipwrecks

Works from the collections

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

The voyage of the 'Frolic' : New England merchants and the opium trade / Thomas N. Layton.

An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / By Sir William Hillary.

An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution, for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / by Sir William Hillary.

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