Gallant Ships and Bully Boys

6 May 1986 – 3 Aug 1986

James Abbott McNeill Whistler · San Giorgio, Venice, 1886

Exhibition

The Cleveland Museum of Art

6 May 1986 – 3 Aug 1986

Documented entries: 102
Participants: 49

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
San Giorgio, Venice
1886
James Heath
Death of Lord Nelson
1841
Édouard Manet
Frontispiece for an edition of Les Ballades by Theodore de Banville
1874
J. M. W. Turner
Liber Studiorum: Vessels Unloading
1790–1851
Creator not recorded
Ships at Sea
1600s
Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
The Pilot
1925
Thomas Rowlandson
Portsmouth Point
1814
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Oceano Nox
1895
Creator not recorded
Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island, During the Great September Gale
1815
Creator not recorded
Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam (Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam), Part II: The Black Bear, a Greenland Whaler
1652–54
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Billingsgate
1859
Otto H. Bacher
Venice
1880
Winslow Homer
The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama"
1863
Winslow Homer
Eight Bells
1887
John Henry Twachtman
Woman on Quay, Honfleur
c. 1883–84
Winslow Homer
"Dad's Coming!"
1873
Paul Signac
Ships near the Trieux River
1925
Stefano Della Bella
The Four Elements: Ignis
c. 1648
Paul Signac
Boats
c. 1890s
Winslow Homer
Winter at Sea - Taking in Sail Off the Coast
1869
Muirhead Bone
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
1891–1953
Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
Sand Creek, Veere
c. 1900–1940
Winslow Homer
The Buccaneers
1885
Eugène Isabey
Six Marines: Retour au port
1833
Creator not recorded
Sailing Vessels: Two Galleys Sailing Behind an Armed Three-Master with Phaeton and Jupiter in the Sky
1561–65
Frans Huys
Sailing Vessels: Armed Four-Master Putting Out to Sea
1561–65
Francis Seymour Haden
A Brig at Anchor
1879
Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
Man Overboard
1926
Hans Holbein the Younger
Dance of Death: The Sailor
c. 1526
Winslow Homer
The Wreck of the "Atlantic" - Cast Up by the Sea
1873
Winslow Homer
Perils of the Sea
1888
Maxime Lalanne
Bordeaux
1866
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding
Marine
c. 1807–55
Winslow Homer
All's Well
c. 1906
Félix Bracquemond
The Seagulls
c. 1880
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Two Ships
1875
Eugène Boudin
The Dock of Deauville
1891
Creator not recorded
Harbor Scene
1884
Thomas Rowlandson
Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Fowey, Cornwall
1809
Ludolf Bakhuizen
Ships Under Repair
1701
J. M. W. Turner
Liber Studiorum: The Leader Sea-piece
1790–1851
Creator not recorded
Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam (Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam), Part II: The Pearl and East Indiaman, The Double Eagle, a West Indiaman
1652–54
Frans Huys
Sailing Vessels: A Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel
1561–65
Muirhead Bone
Stockholm
1891–1953
Creator not recorded
Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam (Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam), Part II: Launching a Ship
1652–54
J. M. W. Turner
Liber Studiorum: Coast of Yorkshire, near Whitby
1790–1851
Robert Frederick Blum
Lagoon with Steamers and Gondolas
1885
Muirhead Bone
On Deck
c. 1901–40
Francis Seymour Haden
Breaking Up of the Agamemnon
1870
Thomas Robert Way
The Sailmaker's Loft
1911

Artists & people

49 participants

André Lhote
artist
Image not available
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding
artist
Image not available
Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
artist
Image not available
Charles Adams Platt
artist
Image not available
Edmund Blampied
artist
Édouard Manet
artist

Exhibition record & evidence

“Recorded as exhibited” follows an object’s exhibition history. “Listed in exhibition” follows a public artwork listing. Exhibition participation, ownership and present display are separate facts.

Cleveland Museum of Art · Record 309956Checked 2026-10-11
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continuous-exhibitions-20261013-batch-000246 · Record cleveland/106834/event/309956Checked 2026-10-18
continuous-exhibitions-20261013-batch-000246 · Record cleveland/106835/event/309956Checked 2026-10-18
continuous-exhibitions-20261013-batch-000246 · Record cleveland/106836/event/309956Checked 2026-10-18
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