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shipwreck

Also known as: shipwreck
Scope note: This includes ships in the process of sinking at sea.
Broader terms: x12558; boat/ship

486 related objects

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4102.58 |
Authority: BIOG103542 Issuer:Bank of Greece |
Production date: 1945 |
Production place: Issued in:Greece

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4102.59 |
Authority: BIOG103542 Issuer:Bank of Greece |
Production date: 1945 |
Production place: Issued in:Greece

book; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1864,213.368-468 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

cup

Museum number: Franks.147 |
Producer name: Factory of:Meissen Porcelain FactoryDecorated by:Hans Christoph Jucht |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Factory in:MeissenDecorated in:Bayreuth

drawing; album

Museum number: 1885,0509.1910 |
Producer name: BIOG32970 Drawn by:Tako Hajo Jelgersma |
Production date: 1717-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.424 |
Producer name: BIOG49003 Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1823

drawing; album

Museum number: Oo,10.232 |
Producer name: BIOG49322 Drawn by:Willem van de Velde II |
Production date: 1633-1707

drawing; album

Museum number: 1942,0902.1.65 |
Producer name: BIOG24459 Drawn by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1784-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.6032 |
Producer name: BIOG33190 Drawn by:George Jones |
Production date: 1786-1869

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.981 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1841

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1958,0712.440 |
Producer name: BIOG49003 Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1835

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1895,0915.1093 |
Producer name: BIOG18197 Drawn by:Ludolf Bakhuizen |
Production date: 1646-1708

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.980 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.280 |
Producer name: BIOG35331 Drawn by:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1860-1911

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.1307 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1850

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.348 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William Henry HarriottAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1811-1837

drawing

Title: Shipwreck drawings |
Museum number: 2019,7064.2 |
Producer name: AUTH232006 Drawn by:Cecily Brown |
Production date: 2016

drawing

Museum number: 1902,0514.32 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Drawn by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1808

drawing

Museum number: 1907,0717.22 |
Producer name: BIOG48572 Drawn by:Domenico Tintoretto |
Production date: 1577-1637

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1977,1105.12 |
Producer name: BIOG17629 Drawn by:J C Armitage |
Production date: 1970

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.136 |
Producer name: BIOG45311 Drawn by:John Christian Schetky |
Production date: 1778-1874

drawing

Museum number: 1978,0415.11 |
Producer name: BIOG45714 Drawn by:David Scott |
Production date: 1806-1849

drawing

Museum number: 1907,0717.21 |
Producer name: BIOG48572 Drawn by:Domenico Tintoretto |
Production date: 1577-1637

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.275 |
Producer name: BIOG45206 Drawn by:Wijnand Schaap |
Production date: 1805-1820

drawing; album

Museum number: 1904,0819.43 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.732 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1837

drawing

Title: Shipwreck drawings |
Museum number: 2019,7064.1 |
Producer name: AUTH232006 Drawn by:Cecily Brown |
Production date: 2016

drawing

Title: Shipwreck drawings |
Museum number: 2019,7066.1 |
Producer name: AUTH232006 Drawn by:Cecily Brown |
Production date: 2016

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1936,0613.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William BlakeAfter:George Romney |
Production date: 1804

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.734 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1837

drawing

Museum number: 1974,U.2466-2471 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1837

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.1308 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1850

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.733 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1837

drawing

Title: Dai hachiju dai Antoku Tenno 第十八代安徳天皇 Dai Nippon shi ryaku zue 大日本史略図絵 |
Museum number: 1990,0614,0.1.11 |
Producer name: BIOG7595 Painted by:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1879-1880 |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1902,0514.411 |
Producer name: BIOG33308 Drawn by:William Joy |
Production date: 1803-1865

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1871,0812.2338-2342 |
Producer name: Published by:Joseph JohnsonPrinted by:Thomas Bensley |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

medal

Museum number: 1923,0611.74 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.119 |
Producer name: BIOG35542 Made by:Leone Leoni |
Production date: 1555 |
Production place: Made in:Lombardy

medal

Museum number: 1921,0611.10 |
Producer name: Designed by:Pietro Paolo GaleottiModelled by:Pietro Paolo Galeotti |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Tuscany

medal

Museum number: M.174 |
Producer name: BIOG35542 Made by:Leone Leoni |
Production date: 1555 |
Production place: Made in:Lombardy

medal

Museum number: 1926,0607.33 |
Producer name: Designed by:René BaudichonDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:René Baudichon |
Production date: 1920 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Title: Wreck of the Titanic |
Museum number: 2014,4146.1 |
Producer name: BIOG109883 Designed by:Paul Huybrechts |
Production date: 2014 |
Production place: Made in:Belgium

medal

Museum number: G3,IP.1007 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1994,0819.5 |
Producer name: Designed by:Michel CazinDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Michel Cazin |
Authority: BIOG238185 Issuer:Société des Amis de la Médaille Française (SAMF) |
Production date: 1903

medal

Museum number: BNK,EngM.107 |
Producer name: BIOG104482 Designed by:George Bower |
Production date: 1682 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

photographic print

Title: J. Eastham's Wesleyan Conference Manchester |
Museum number: 1859,1210.1056 |
Producer name: BIOG221637 Print made by:John Eastham |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:Manchester (England)

photographic print

Title: J. Eastham's Wesleyan Conference Manchester |
Museum number: 1859,1210.1055 |
Producer name: BIOG221637 Print made by:John Eastham |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:Manchester (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0708.800 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:George Jones |
Production date: 1809-1865

print

Title: IVme vue de Livourne Quatre Vues de Livourne |
Museum number: 1878,0112.201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Balthasar Anton DunkerPrint made by:Gottfried Eichler the Younger |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: The Wreck of the Minotaur |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7156 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Cother WebbAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1925 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Drowned Fisherman or the moment of suspense |
Museum number: 1893,0516.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Morning after the Wreck Royal Gallery of British Art |
Museum number: 1856,0510.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CousenAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Shipwreck Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.599 |
Producer name: After:Joseph VernetPrint made by:John Byrne |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1217.468 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:W Nichol |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0813.443 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Edward Duncan |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.471 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:W Nichol |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.554 |
Producer name: After:James RawlinsonPrint made by:P Mercier |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Storm |
Museum number: 1977,U.1243 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WatsonAfter:Joris Cornelisz Van Der Hagen |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tynemouth Castle, vessel wrecked on the rocks |
Museum number: 1953,0619.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:George Balmer |
Production date: 1820-1840 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Return of the Lifeboat |
Museum number: 1878,0209.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Arthur WillmoreAfter:Edward Duncan |
Production date: 1876 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Wreck |
Museum number: 1892,0714.702 |
Producer name: Print made by:James EganAfter:Théodore Géricault |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Two days after the wreck - a calm |
Museum number: 1870,0813.86 |
Producer name: After:Aaron Edwin PenleyPrint made by:Henry Melville |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Part of the crew of his Majesty's ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the Boats |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1749 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DoddPublished by:John Boydell |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tempest. Act I, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: Dd,6.8.+ |
Producer name: After:George RomneyPrint made by:Benjamin Smith |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The fatal attempt of Prince William, Son of Henry I, to save his Sister Matilda |
Museum number: 1872,0113.125 |
Producer name: After:Charles BenazechPrint made by:John Saunders |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Title: Costumes des Representans du People Francais |
Museum number: 1861,1012.1782 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingAfter:Jean François Garneray |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Bay of Biscay |
Museum number: 2006,U.808 |
Producer name: After:Clarkson StanfieldPrint made by:Robert Brandard |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.2409 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Arthur Hall & Co |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.3141 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Bradbury & Co |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Shipwreck'd Sailor clinging to a Rock |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3232 |
Producer name: BIOG26812 Published by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Killarney Steamer |
Museum number: 1851,0908.5 |
Producer name: After:William JoyPrint made by:John Brandard |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Shipwrecked |
Museum number: 1872,0810.740 |
Producer name: After:Henry CorbouldPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The fatal attempt of Prince William, son of Henry I, to save his sister Matilda |
Museum number: 1873,0510.1180 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SaundersAfter:Charles Benezach |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Wreck |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7308 |
Producer name: Print made by:James EganAfter:Théodore Géricault |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Shipwreck |
Museum number: 1947,0116.22 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Charles Turner |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.2552 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.4017 |
Producer name: After:Joseph VernetPrint made by:Thomas Major |
Production date: 1750-1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: My Child! My Child! |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5732 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry DawePublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Shipwreck of Prince William |
Museum number: 1872,0113.78 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:Thomas Milton |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; broadside

Title: The perilous situation of Charles Sturt Esqr, Member for Bridport on 20th of Septr 1800 |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1620 |
Producer name: Print made by:George ShepherdPrinted by:Bunny & Gold |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: The Drowned Fisherman |
Museum number: 1926,0331.798 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:Achille Lefèvre |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Wreck off Dover |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6315 |
Producer name: Print made by:Arthur WillmoreAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1869 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Shipwreck of Telemachus Copper Plate Magazine |
Museum number: Y,4.229 |
Producer name: After:Charles MonnetPrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Bay of Biscay |
Museum number: 1865,1014.710 |
Producer name: After:Clarkson StanfieldPrint made by:Robert Brandard |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.3111 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Bradbury & Co |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; frontispiece

Title: The Ship on Fire |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:William GraingerPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1014.127 |
Producer name: After:Henry CorbouldPrint made by:James Stewart |
Production date: 1810-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Awful destruction of the "Europa" Transport ship |
Museum number: 1871,0812.5394 |
Producer name: BIOG132257 Published by:Read & Co |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.3112 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Bradbury & Co |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Wreck of the Clarendon West Indiaman |
Museum number: 1877,0811.483 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.473 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:W Nichol |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Taking to the Boats |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4786 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry DaweAfter:Joseph F Ellis |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: African Hospitality |
Museum number: 1899,0420.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithAfter:George Morland |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Scene from the Red Rover |
Museum number: 1878,0511.852 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellPublished by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tempest. Act I, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1853,1210.628 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin SmithAfter:George Romney |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: An Indiaman Ashore |
Museum number: 1864,0611.116 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Duffield HardingAfter:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.966 |
Producer name: After:Nicholas PocockPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Bass Rock Scotland Delineated |
Museum number: 1863,0214.1480 |
Producer name: After:Clarkson StanfieldPrint made by:Robert Carrick |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: D,2.250 |
Producer name: BIOG175279 Print made by:James King |
Production date: 1800-1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Tempest |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1346 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:Joseph Vernet |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)