Swell Collection

Ocean sunrise
Sunrise at Warriewood beach, Northern beaches, Sydney NSW Australia

Dutch men-of-war in a storm off a rocky coast, 1672, by Wille
Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). Dutch painter. Dutch men-of-war in a storm off a rocky coast, 1672. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Coogee beach, Sydney, Australia

Ocean flow
Sunrise at Maroubra Beach, Sydney, Australia

Bundoran, Donegal, Ireland
Scenery along the coastline of Bundoran in County Donegal, Ireland

Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii Date: circa 1910s

A Swell Hand-Out
Comic illustration showing two naughty little monkeys in pyjamas tricking Father Christmas (Gran pop the orang utan) with a bottomless stocking. Date: 20th century

Hastings at High Tide
Rough waves pound the sea wall during high tide at Hastings. A small sailing boat is tossed by the swell

Frigate Navas de Tolosa, sent by the Spanish government on a friendly mission to the Pacific ports. Drawing by Cortellini Sanchez. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz

A shore break wave at Keiki beach on the North Shore of Oahu

Storm waves off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. January

View of secluded beach near Ballintoy Harbour, County Antrim, Irish Sea, Northern Ireland. December, 2021

Rough sea DP140997
Godrevy, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall. General view of rough sea off Godrevy Point

Rough sea DP140996
Godrevy, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall. General view of rough sea off Godrevy Point

Coast View of Iceland; An Icelanders Notes on Iceland, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Coast View of Iceland; An Icelanders Notes on Iceland, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) and Sally-lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on rocks at high-tide with sea spray, Galapagos Islands, South America

Large wave, known locally as The Cribbar, breaking offshore, Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall, Atlantic Ocean, UK. March, 2022

Sally Lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on rocks caught in the swell, Espanola Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands

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The coastline near Loch Ard Gorge, looking towards the sea stacks called 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Australia. The Loch Ard was a three-masted clipper wrecked in 1878

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The coastline near Loch Ard Gorge, looking towards the sea stacks called 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Australia. The Loch Ard was a three-masted clipper wrecked in 1878

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The coastline near Loch Ard Gorge, view towards Elephant Rock, Great Ocean Road, Australia. The Loch Ard was a three-masted clipper wrecked in 1878 at Muttonbird island

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The coastline near Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road, Australia, with the rock formation and sea stacks Island Archway

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The coastline near Loch Ard Gorge with Elephant rock and Muttonbird Island, Great Ocean Road, Australia. The Loch Ard was a three-masted clipper wrecked in 1878

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London Arch at the Great Ocean Road, Australia, during storm and evening light

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The coastline near Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road, Australia, with the rock formation and sea stacks Island Archway

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The 12 Apostles, seen from the beach at Gibsons Steps, Great Ocean Road, Australia. It crosses the Port Campbell National Park with the well known rock formation and sea stacks like the 12 apostles

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Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road, Australia. The Loch Ard was a three-masted clipper wrecked in 1878 at Muttonbird island. The Great Ocean Road is one of the most famous scenic roads worldwide

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The Grotto and cliffs, Great Ocean Road, Australia. It crosses the Port Campbell National Park with the wel-known rock formation and sea stacks like the 12 Apostle's. Date: 02/12/2008

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Sub-Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic Island, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island, The Neck. Waves breaking onto beach. Date: 11/09/2007

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Sub-Antarctica, Sub-Antarctic Island, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island, The Neck. Waves breaking onto beach. Date: 11/09/2007

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Antarctica, Southern Ocean. Heavy seas and big swells. Date: 11/09/2007

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Antarctica, Southern Ocean. Heavy seas and big swells. Date: 11/09/2007

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Antarctica, Southern Ocean. Calm sea. Date: 11/09/2007

Church Rock, a sea stack made of Carboniferous limestone, Bosherton, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Atlantic Ocean, UK. October, 2021

Arctic Ocean, 1895 (oil on canvas)
476829 Arctic Ocean, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Sinding, Otto Ludvig (1842-1909); 72.5 x 200 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ishavet i svaert hav.); Photo © O. Vaering

Ocean view from Spitting Caves. Hidden treasure in Honolulu. Oahu. Hawaii

Ocean view from Spitting Caves. Oahu. Hawaii

Summer Sea, Newquay, Cornwall, c. 1920 (oil on canvas)
3601863 Summer Sea, Newquay, Cornwall, c.1920 (oil on canvas) by Olsson, Albert Julius (1864-1942); 76.3x105 cm; Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcestershire, UK; English, out of copyright

Surveying on the New Guinea Coast, a Nocturne (engraving)
1046889 Surveying on the New Guinea Coast, a Nocturne (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Surveying on the New Guinea Coast, a Nocturne)

Un Neuf de Paques (engraving)
730514 Un Neuf de Paques (engraving) by Guillaume, Albert (1873-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Neuf de Paques)

Comic birthday postcard, Boy with large cake, and a swelling stomach Date: 20th century

The little cockle dipped into the swell and staggered under every gust of wind
2920200 The little cockle dipped into the swell and staggered under every gust of wind, 1916 (litho) by Wyeth

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Swell
Clothes wee rationed from June 1941 wth a ration book supposedly sufficient for one new outfit a year. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

A Pretty Fellow, London Swell

The Rapids of Naruto in Awa Province
FIT111467 The Rapids of Naruto in Awa Province, from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers, 1857 (woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); 37.6x24.8/25.4 e

Doing the Grand (colour litho)
610716 Doing the Grand (colour litho) by Concanen, Alfred (1835-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Doing the Grand.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English, out of copyright

Jerry in training for a swell (coloured engraving)
585380 Jerry in training for a swell (coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) & George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jerry in training for a swell)

The Swell on the Stock Exchange by Carr Lynn
Promotional music sheet for The Swell on the Stock Exchange, music hall song of 1876 by Carr Lynn and sung with immense success by Fred Coyne

Camping out in Nepaul (engraving)
1616596 Camping out in Nepaul (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Camping out in Nepaul)

Sketches of the Socialist Meeting in Trafalgar-Square on Sunday (engraving)
1624832 Sketches of the Socialist Meeting in Trafalgar-Square on Sunday (engraving) by English School

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a ship in rough seas
3604492 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a ship in rough seas

The loss of the ironclad USS Monitor off Cape Hatteras
PNP253686 The loss of the ironclad USS Monitor off Cape Hatteras, 30th December 1862 (litho) by American School

Gin Oblivion; or, The Ebb of the Swell (engraving)
607637 Gin Oblivion; or, The Ebb of the Swell (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gin Oblivion; or)

A game of whist; Tom and Jerry among the swell broad coves (coloured engraving)
608866 A game of whist; Tom and Jerry among the swell broad coves (coloured engraving) by Cruikshank

Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget-Seymour
611824 Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget-Seymour, The swell of the ocean, 9 September 1876, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho) by Ward

High Change in Bond Street, or La Politesse du Grande Monde
NCO191285 High Change in Bond Street, or La Politesse du Grande Monde, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1796 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

Squally Weather, Portsmouth (w / c)
WGH88417 Squally Weather, Portsmouth (w/c) by Hardy, Thomas Bush (1842-97); Private Collection; eWalker Galleries, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK; English, out of copyright

Jerry in training for a swell (colour litho)
2803054 Jerry in training for a swell (colour litho) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) & George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jerry in training for a swell)

A Game of Whist (colour litho)
2803045 A Game of Whist (colour litho) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) & George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Game of Whist, Tom and Jerry among the swell broad coves)

The Pool of London, 1861 (oil on canvas)
CH139753 The Pool of London, 1861 (oil on canvas) by Dommelshuizen, Pieter Christiaan Cornelis (1834/42-1908/28); 81.5x129.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

The Shipwreck, 1873
CH35006 The Shipwreck, 1873 by Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900) (attr. to); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Russian, out of copyright

From the Thames to Siberia (engraving)
1602863 From the Thames to Siberia (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the Thames to Siberia)

Sketches from "The Magistrate"at the Court Theatre (engraving)
1591065 Sketches from " The Magistrate" at the Court Theatre (engraving) by Ludlow, Henry (Hal) Stephen (b.1861)

The more a man gets himself up the more the ladies love him! (colour litho)
3093522 The more a man gets himself up the more the ladies love him

Tom and Bob at a real swell party (coloured engraving)
607062 Tom and Bob at a real swell party (coloured engraving) by Heath, William (1795-1840) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom and Bob at a real swell party)

Storm at Sea, 1865 (oil on canvas)
AGN217495 Storm at Sea, 1865 (oil on canvas) by Courbet, Gustave (1819-77); 54x73 cm; Private Collection; Photo eAgnew s, London; French, out of copyright

An Encounter between a Swell and a "Bowery B hoy, "Five Points in 1827 (litho)
5215016 An Encounter between a Swell and a " Bowery B hoy, " Five Points in 1827 (litho) by Beard

Coaching - Four in Hand - A Swell Turn-out, 1876 (colour lithograph)
3710035 Coaching - Four in Hand - A Swell Turn-out, 1876 (colour lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M

Empty benches
Marco Bianchetti

A day of fury
Rodrigo Núñez Buj

Principle Lighthouse Keeper Andy Bluer on the Bishops Rock Lighthouse, some seven miles out into the Atlantic, off the Isle of Scilly has taken up golf

Musical terms up to date - Fortissimo - very loud
1903

DALMATIAN / 1930
CHAMPION BOOKHAM SWELL Owned by Walker-Smith. Date: 1930

Somerset TA3 6 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Somerset TA3 6

Departing Yorkeys Knob Cairns

Humorous Postcard by Cynicus - Seaside Sketches
Humorous Postcard : A smack at the buoy, Anchoring after a swell, A barque at a little cove and Treasures of the Deep. Date: 1908

Elevated View Over Sandy Bay, Tutukaka Coast, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Large pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising over waves during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa

Waves reflecting sky in blue, grey and silver Atlantic ocean near the coast of southern greenland
Waves reflecting sky in blue, grey and silver.. Atlantic ocean near the coast of southern greenland. America, North America, Greenland, Denmark

Gold Coast beach skyline in black and white
The urban skyline looking along the Esplanade of Surfers Paradise that stretches along the beaches of the Gold Coast in Queensland

Big waves
Huge ocean waves crashing on rock shelf on cloudy stormy morning, Maroubra beach, Sydney, Australia

Canoe fishermen in the waters off of Dakar
Senegalese artisanal fishermen are miles out to sea in the waters off of Dakar in a pirogue or canoe

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Coast beside Waverley Cemetery near Bondi in Sydney eastern suburbs

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Witness the awe-inspiring power of the ocean as the sun gently rises, casting a golden glow upon its surface. The swell of waves dances in harmony with nature's masterpiece, creating a breathtaking sight that leaves you speechless. In an epic battle against the elements, warships navigate through a heavy storm, their sturdy frames standing tall amidst crashing waves. Ludolf Bakhuysen's painting from 1695 captures this tumultuous scene, reminding us of humanity's resilience and determination in the face of adversity. Coogee beach beckons with its pristine shores and inviting waters. Here, the ebb and flow of the ocean create a rhythmic dance that soothes both body and soul. Lose yourself in this tranquil paradise as you surrender to the gentle embrace of each passing wave. Bundoran in Donegal, Ireland boasts a rugged coastline where swells crash against ancient rocks with unyielding force. Wille's depiction from 1672 showcases Dutch men-of-war battling fierce storms off these treacherous shores. It serves as a testament to mankind's unwavering spirit when faced with nature's fury. Hastings at high tide is transformed into an enchanting spectacle where waves surge towards land like graceful dancers performing their grand finale. Stand witness to this mesmerizing display as it unfolds before your eyes – nature showcasing her raw beauty for all who dare to admire it. In Honolulu, Hawaii, thrill-seekers take on Mother Nature herself by canoe surfing atop colossal swells. With hearts pounding and adrenaline coursing through their veins, they ride these majestic giants fearlessly – capturing moments that will forever be etched into their memories. A swell hand-out awaits those fortunate enough to venture into Olowalu on Maui Island in Hawaii. Stand-up paddling becomes an exhilarating experience as riders glide effortlessly over shimmering waters while being embraced by gentle undulations beneath them.