Maritime Paintings

The Collection’s maritime paintings range from large oils to small watercolours and depict some of the most famous ships of the period. Included are paintings of some of the ships that the Foundation has found on the seabed several hundred years later.

Colonial Cutter MERMAID off Port Jackson

Object number: SF000717

Colonial Cutter MERMAID off Port Jackson

Depicts the cutter BRAMBLE with the RATTLESNAKE at rest in the distance

Object number: SF000718

Depicts the cutter BRAMBLE with the RATTLESNAKE at rest in the distance

East Indiaman MELLISH entering Sydney Harbour

Object number: SF001757

East Indiaman MELLISH entering Sydney Harbour

LADY NELSON in Sydney Cove or Yarrow River

Object number: SF001443

LADY NELSON in Sydney Cove or Yarrow River

Mutineers aboard BOUNTY turning Bligh, loyal officers and crew adrift

Object number: SF000772

Mutineers aboard BOUNTY turning Bligh, loyal officers and crew adrift

Pacific voyage of the ASTROLABE 1826-1827

Object number: SF001155

Pacific voyage of the ASTROLABE 1826-1827

Portrait of the convict transport PITT

Object number: SF001131

Portrait of the convict transport PITT

Portrait of the ship CATO

Object number: SF000719

Portrait of the ship CATO

Sloop FLY and Schooner UNDINE – Dillons Bay

Object number: SF000907

Sloop FLY and Schooner UNDINE – Dillons Bay

The inner roadstead of Batavia

Object number: SF001633

The inner roadstead of Batavia

The merchantman MEDINA OF LONDON

Object number: SF001391

The merchantman MEDINA OF LONDON

The Rescue of William D’Oyly

Object number: SF001037

The Rescue of William D’Oyly

View of Batavia Roads

Object number: SF001166

View of Batavia Roads

Watercolour of the RATTLESNAKE in the Torres Strait

Object number: SF000716

Watercolour of the RATTLESNAKE in the Torres Strait

Wreck of the GUARDIAN

Object number: SF000762

Wreck of the GUARDIAN