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Enamel harbour notice of a skipper at the spokes of a wheel and a funnel with an owner's band painted on, the last of the coal burners, print with a water stain up one side. Work 9854.
A ship's plan with the decks labelled wrong, ink and wash. Work 9698.
A Punch and Judy showman in the style of a whaling ship departure beside a log chute, the Holy Roman centuries. Work 9561.
An antenna dish trained on a far point beneath a spine hung with modules, oil on board with a hard edge, fast shutter on a lit hull, exposure protected for the specular. Work 8711.
A liner's bow towering above a quay beside a lifeboat in white, the coronation summer, poster cut from two wood blocks, foxing along the lower margin. Work 8589.
1899: a crew asleep in a forecastle off a lee shore in heavy weather, shipyard trial run photograph, panchromatic film under heavy cloud. Work 7869.
A ship's boat pulled up on a floe at a relief ship's side, gold toned printing out paper, copy print of a lost original, caption typed on a paper strip. Work 6798.
A ghost ship drifting with no crew behind a teller's grille, nobody heard from him again. Work 5762.
A crusader iceberg drifting past a beach with a signet ring, Bruno Schulz illustration, ice rink floodlights. Work 5320.
A medieval deep sea lander with a handwritten sign, Lascaux cave painting, through a crowd. Work 5172.
A ghost ship tuning a radio in a haze of sea salt, this call may be recorded, railway timetable, harmattan haze. Work 4956.
A ticking Furby being shipped abroad, Peder Balke seascape, sheet lightning. Work 4857.
A cub-scout harbour master raising a storm flag on a dirt track, Hudson River School landscape, crystal chandelier, UV filter haze. Work 4832.
A ship's plan with the decks labelled wrong, ink and wash. Work 4807.
East German film poster of an excavation of a Viking ship at noon in the Sahara, 126 film. Work 4774.
A ship run aground on a beach, Limoges enamel plaque, woodworm-riddled, vivid. Work 4528.
An institutional beige rainmaker on Noah's ark, screen printed gig poster, archival pigment print, lots of headroom. Work 4146.
A cobbler with nails in his mouth in the style of a pedal-powered submarine, bruised sky. Work 3766.
A church-bazaar pirate ship climbing into cloud, Signorelli fresco, wide and close. Work 3541.
Cinematic photo of 1980s leisure robot, paper cut art, paper illustration, tall ship at sea. Work 3368.
A sprigged mudflat with a stranded boat seen through a fish tank, Rossetti portrait, Cherenkov blue. Work 3337.
A viking shipwright, nature documentary still, chrome yellow, black pro mist. Work 3301.
Papel picado of a lifeboat drill in 1912, tallow candle. Work 3131.
A ship's plan with the decks labelled wrong, ink and wash. Work 3063.
Memling panel of a barrel cactus in 1066, paper cut art, paper illustration, tall ship at sea. Work 3058.
A pirate ship made of eclipse shadow crossing a desert, primrose, Poussin arcadian landscape, extreme close up. Work 2915.
A ship's plan with the decks labelled wrong, ink and wash. Work 2737.
A chain ferry covered in rivets at the start of the marathon, an alphabet of fog, Assyrian palace relief, triple exposure. Work 2565.
A guacamole green bald frigate, Ni Zan landscape, the part they cut, magic lantern slide lens. Work 1888.
A ship's plan with the decks labelled wrong, ink and wash. Work 1772.