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Tag Archives: Aquarelle

July Fourth at Herschel Island, 1895

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

The story of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific is told in a series of 12 aquarelles (this is one of them) chronicling the drama of that dangerous occupation, from … See more…

Posted in American Whalers in the Western Artic, Prints & Lithos | Tagged Aquarelle, artic, Herschel Island, yankee

Whaler Young Phoenix, a derelict

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

One of 12 aquarelles portraying the dangerous occupation of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific, from the sailing period into the age of steam. Produced for portfolio inclusion with the … See more…

Posted in American Whalers in the Western Artic, Prints & Lithos | Tagged Aquarelle, pacific, yankee

Jim Vincent’s boat lost in the ice

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

One of 12 aquarelles portraying the dangerous occupation of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific, from the sailing period into the age of steam. Produced for portfolio inclusion with the … See more…

Posted in American Whalers in the Western Artic, Prints & Lithos | Tagged age of steam, Aquarelle, pacific, yankee

Steam barkentine Newport

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

One of 12 aquarelles portraying the dangerous occupation of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific, from the sailing period into the age of steam. Produced for portfolio inclusion with the … See more…

Posted in American Whalers in the Western Artic, Prints & Lithos | Tagged age of steam, Aquarelle, artic, pacific, whaling

24 Gun Ship

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 10, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

Aquarelle, 1987. Portrait in two views of a French ship of the line, c. 1780, painted for Jean Boudriot’s four-volume treaties of the same title.

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Posted in Prints & Lithos, Warships | Tagged Aquarelle, French Ship, Jean Boudriot, Naval Warfare

Drake Versus Ranger

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 8, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

Aquarelle. Jones’s 18-gun RANGER pounds HMS DRAKE off Ireland, April 24, 1778. Privately printed for the National Maritime Historical Society in a reproduction for hand-highlighting in the artist’s studio. Edition limited to 250, all signed, numbered and highlighted.

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Posted in Prints & Lithos, Warships | Tagged 1778, Aquarelle, HMS Drake, Ireland, limited edition, National Maritime Historical Soctiey, Ranger

Vessle swept along the waterfront

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on October 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 29, 2020

Aquarelle. Frontispiece for William Gilkerson’s novel Ultimate Voyage. 1998

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Posted in Other interesting ships, Prints & Lithos | Tagged Aquarelle, Novels, Ultimate Voyage

The Pequod at Nantucket, a scene from Moby Dick

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on September 6, 2012 by BillNovember 20, 2020
pequod at nantucket

Pequod at Nantucket, aquarelle, 1984. Ahab, Ishmael, and Starbuck standing on their ship’s forepeak on the eve of the quest for Moby Dick. Litho image 12″x 16″ on 17 1/2″x21″ paper.

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Posted in Other interesting ships, Prints & Lithos | Tagged Aquarelle, Moby Dick, Nantucket

Bluenose II

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on August 24, 2012 by BillNovember 20, 2020

Aquarelle. The near-replica of the famous original BLUENOSE is portrayed as the artist viewed her over the afterdeck of his own gaff cutter ELLY with friends and family.

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Posted in Other interesting ships, Prints & Lithos | Tagged Aquarelle, Elly
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