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"On Board: A Glimpse into Captivating Moments in History" Step aboard a journey through time and immerse yourself in the captivating world of art

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Last of England, 1855. Artist: Ford Madox Brown

The Last of England, 1855. Artist: Ford Madox Brown
The Last of England, 1855. From World Famous Paintings edited by J Grieg Pirie [W.& G. Foyle Ltd. London, 1938]

Background imageOn Board Collection: Dancing between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Dancing between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing between Decks, 1850. Emigrants leaving for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand

Background imageOn Board Collection: 1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). Artist: Arthur Briscoe

The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). Artist: Arthur Briscoe
The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

Background imageOn Board Collection: The crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Norway, 1904 (1908). Artist: Queen Alexandra

The crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Norway, 1904 (1908). Artist: Queen Alexandra
The crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Norway, 1904 (1908). From Queen Alexandras Christmas Gift Book, Photographs from My Camera, by Queen Alexandra

Background imageOn Board Collection: Horse-riders going toward the Bois de Boulogne; Cavaliers se Rendant au Bois de Bologne

Horse-riders going toward the Bois de Boulogne; Cavaliers se Rendant au Bois de Bologne
825256 Horse-riders going toward the Bois de Boulogne; Cavaliers se Rendant au Bois de Bologne, 1888 (gouache on board) by Toulouse-Lautrec

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Moon Nymph, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board)

The Moon Nymph, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board)
989893 The Moon Nymph, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board) by Falero, Luis Riccardo (1851-96); 50.7x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Moon Nymph. Luis Riccardo Falero (1851-1896)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown

Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Aboard H.M.S. " Prince of Wales", August 1941, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales during the Second World War

Background imageOn Board Collection: The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st August 1896

Background imageOn Board Collection: A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August 1896

Background imageOn Board Collection: Meditation, c. 1942 (gouache on newsprint on board)

Meditation, c. 1942 (gouache on newsprint on board)
987589 Meditation, c.1942 (gouache on newsprint on board) by Ramos Martinez, Alfredo (1871-1946); 57.8x43 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Meditation; Meditacion)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Children Feeding Ducks Beside a Cottage in a Wooded Lane, (watercolour with white heightening)

Children Feeding Ducks Beside a Cottage in a Wooded Lane, (watercolour with white heightening on board)
652103 Children Feeding Ducks Beside a Cottage in a Wooded Lane, (watercolour with white heightening on board) by Stannard

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Barber of Suez, (oil on canvas)

The Barber of Suez, (oil on canvas)
989488 The Barber of Suez, (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922); 80x58.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Barber of Suez. Leon Bonnat (1833-1922). Oil on canvas

Background imageOn Board Collection: Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons

Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
Lowering the Ensign at Sunset, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume III, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Background imageOn Board Collection: THE NAUTICAL ADVENTURES OF A CAT: 1. We Found Him on Board a Derelict in Mid-Ocean

THE NAUTICAL ADVENTURES OF A CAT: 1. We Found Him on Board a Derelict in Mid-Ocean. 2. Somehow He Managed to Get Round an Ancient Officer, who was also a Bit of a Naturalist. 3

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Tightrope Walker, 1904 (pastel on board)

The Tightrope Walker, 1904 (pastel on board)
822783 The Tightrope Walker, 1904 (pastel on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 30.5x33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tightrope Walker. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Pastel on board

Background imageOn Board Collection: Anne Hathaway's Cottage, 1945 (oil on canvas laid down on board)

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, 1945 (oil on canvas laid down on board)
828449 Anne Hathaway's Cottage, 1945 (oil on canvas laid down on board) by Bennett, Frank Moss (1874-1953); 25.4x35.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Anne Hathaway's Cottage)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Stage - The Black Dress, (pastel on board)

Stage - The Black Dress, (pastel on board)
651158 Stage - The Black Dress, (pastel on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 39.3x29.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Stage - The Black Dress. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Pastel on board

Background imageOn Board Collection: Rooftop Cafe, 1925 (pastel on blue paper laid down on board)

Rooftop Cafe, 1925 (pastel on blue paper laid down on board)
985265 Rooftop Cafe, 1925 (pastel on blue paper laid down on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 28.5x38.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rooftop Cafe. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Ballet Girls, (oil on canvas laid down on board)

Ballet Girls, (oil on canvas laid down on board)
823003 Ballet Girls, (oil on canvas laid down on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 25.5x20.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ballet Girls. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Green Park, London, 1908 (pastel on board)

Green Park, London, 1908 (pastel on board)
650733 Green Park, London, 1908 (pastel on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 35.6x45.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Green Park, London. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Pastel on board

Background imageOn Board Collection: celebrations on board the British Ship the Centaur 1776

celebrations on board the British Ship the Centaur 1776
5306544 celebrations on board the British Ship the Centaur 1776; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Park in Winter, (pastel on artist's board)

The Park in Winter, (pastel on artist's board)
984884 The Park in Winter, (pastel on artist's board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 54.6x69.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Park in Winter. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Background imageOn Board Collection: 18th century Royal Navy captain and officers on board their ship. Illustration; 1890

18th century Royal Navy captain and officers on board their ship. Illustration; 1890
5311184 18th century Royal Navy captain and officers on board their ship. Illustration; 1890; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Worst Comes to Worst-We'll Look at His Etchings, 1934 (pastel and pencil on board)

Worst Comes to Worst-We'll Look at His Etchings, 1934 (pastel and pencil on board)
822782 Worst Comes to Worst-We'll Look at His Etchings, 1934 (pastel and pencil on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 57x42 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Arch, Washington Square, 1929 (watercolour and pastel on board)

The Arch, Washington Square, 1929 (watercolour and pastel on board)
650732 The Arch, Washington Square, 1929 (watercolour and pastel on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 31x46 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Arch, Washington Square)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board)

Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board)
650536 Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 68.8x75.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tinsel Toes. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Snow Storm, Madison Square, New York, 1898 (pastel and pencil on gray prepared board)

Snow Storm, Madison Square, New York, 1898 (pastel and pencil on gray prepared board)
984966 Snow Storm, Madison Square, New York, 1898 (pastel and pencil on gray prepared board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 57.8x65.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Snow Storm, Madison Square)

Background imageOn Board Collection: Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board)

Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board)
827464 Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); 33.4x30.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Isabella of Bavaria)

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: Ebeneezer Scrooge, 1938

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: Ebeneezer Scrooge, 1938 (pen and black and blue ink wash on board)
823342 The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: Ebeneezer Scrooge, 1938 (pen and black and blue ink wash on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 43.5x38.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour)

The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on board)
823341 The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on board) by Shinn

Background imageOn Board Collection: Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920
Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Shows William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), who was the leader of U.S. Naval forces in Europe during World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
On LA LORRAINE, 8/5/14, 1914. Shows group on the deck of the French ship La Lorraine, which left New York City in August 1914 for its last transatlantic crossing before World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Prince Ruspoli, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Prince Ruspoli, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Prince Ruspoli, 1919. Shows Prince Eugenio Ruspoli, Secretary of the Italian Embassy, probably taken aboard the Mauretania at the Cunard pier in New York on November 25, 1919.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Wounded American soldiers on a ship after their return to the United States after World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. French women on the deck of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

Background imageOn Board Collection: Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gun of 100 - French Navy, 20 May 1918 (date created or published later). Sailors on a French Navy ship.

Background imageOn Board Collection: British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. A Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) staff nurse, Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) sisters

Background imageOn Board Collection: Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton on a destroyer, between c1910 and c1915. Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), a British Army general the deck of a ship with others.

Background imageOn Board Collection: German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. German submarines in a harbor. Front row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (sank the Lusitania), U-19 and U-21

Background imageOn Board Collection: Submarine 'U-14', 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service

Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service
Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). The German U-14 submarine which served in World War I.

Background imageOn Board Collection: Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the..., 1912

Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the..., 1912
Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the Deck of the Ship Before Going to Sea, 1912

Background imageOn Board Collection: The Sailing Ship 'Saint Martyr Foka', 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin

The Sailing Ship "Saint Martyr Foka", 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
The Sailing Ship "Saint Martyr Foka", 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Background imageOn Board Collection: 'Our Special Artist' on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour..., 1864

"Our Special Artist" on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour..., 1864
"Our Special Artist", on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, North Carolina, 1864. American Civil War

Background imageOn Board Collection: A prayer service on a steamship on the feast of St. Nicholas on 9 (12) May, 1880. Creator: Unknown

A prayer service on a steamship on the feast of St. Nicholas on 9 (12) May, 1880. Creator: Unknown
A prayer service on a steamship on the feast of St. Nicholas on 9 (12) May, 1880. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageOn Board Collection: Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the..., 1906

Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the..., 1906. Creator: L. B. Vonago
Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the Yenisei River, 1906. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei

Background imageOn Board Collection: VINDICTIVE after ZEEBRUGGE, 23 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

VINDICTIVE after ZEEBRUGGE, 23 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
VINDICTIVE after ZEEBRUGGE, 23 May 1918 (date created or published later). The HMS Vindictive was a British Arrogant-class cruiser which participated in the Zeebrugge Raid during World War I.



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"On Board: A Glimpse into Captivating Moments in History" Step aboard a journey through time and immerse yourself in the captivating world of art, as we explore various masterpieces that depict life "on board. " Travel back to 1855 with Ford Madox Brown's "The Last of England, " where emotions run high on a ship bound for new horizons. Witness the bond between a father and daughter as they sail on their yacht around the Isle of Wight in c1925, beautifully captured by an unknown artist. Experience the thrill of adventure with Arthur Briscoe's "The Helmsman" from 1926, where skilled hands guide ships through treacherous waters. Delve into idyllic scenes like "Children Feeding Ducks Beside a Cottage in a Wooded Lane, " showcasing peaceful moments amidst nature's beauty. Witness elegance and sophistication as horse-riders make their way towards Bois de Boulogne in Paris, immortalized by an unknown artist. Marvel at the ethereal beauty of "The Moon Nymph" painted by an anonymous artist in 1883. Discover historic events etched forever on board H. M. S Prince of Wales during World War II, depicted by an unknown creator. Explore life onboard training ships such as HMS Lion, where sailor lads learn discipline and camaraderie under William Crockett's watchful eye. Glimpse into royalty's private world aboard Victoria and Albert III during their visit to Norway in 1904, exquisitely portrayed by Queen Alexandra herself. Experience deep contemplation with gouache painting "Meditation" from c1942 or get lost within the vibrant colors of "The Barber of Suez. " These artworks offer us glimpses into different eras and aspects of life spent on board various vessels – be it yachts or warships – each telling its own unique story. Join us on this visual voyage as we unravel the mysteries and emotions that lie "on board.