Art Credits

Noon. By C. Brooking and John Boydell, London, 1753. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, acc. no. 1962-122,2. Part of the Conference’s Logo as seen above.
Ship’s Figurehead: Minnehaha. Made by William B. Gleason, 1856. Believed to have been made for a clipper ship named Minnehaha, built by Donald McKay for Kendall & Plympton and launched at Boston on March 22, 1856. Minnehaha was the heroine of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Hiawatha.” Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, acc. no. 1932.704.1. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Part of the Conference’s Logo as seen above..
“Sheer” (reversed), from Thomas Riley Blanckley, A Naval Expositor . . . (London, 1750), p. 79. Courtesy, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Part of the Conference’s Logo as seen above.
Detail, title page, Thomas Riley Blanckley, A Naval Expositor, Showing and Explaining The Words and Terms of Art belonging to the Parts, Qualities, and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing, & Fitting a Ship for Sea . . . (London, 1750). Courtesy, Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Part of the Conference’s Logo as seen above..
Evening. By C. Brooking and John Boydell, London 1753. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, acc. no. 1962-122,3. Seen on Introduction.
Fort St. George on the Coromandel Coast, Belonging to the East India Company of England. Hand-colored line engraving by I. Van Ryne, London, 1755–65. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, acc. no. 1947-55. Full image seen on Schedule and details on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Detail, reversed, A Brisk Gale. From the Original Picture painted by William Vander-Velde. Engraved by Pierre Charles Canot. Published by John Boydell, London, May 1, 1765. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, acc. no. 1955-398,A. Details seen on Accommodations and Special Events.
A View of Northfleet in the County of Kent. By John Boydell, London, 1752. Northfleet, an area near Gravesend and on the Thames, was a center of shipbuilding. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, acc. no. 1936-716. Seen on Passports.
The Mutineers turning Lt William Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty’s Ship the Bounty, 29th April 1789. Hand-colored aquatint by Robert Dodd, 1790. Object no. PAH9205. Image no. B1337. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Seen on Getting There.
Detail, Pirates dressed in women’s clothing attempt to decoy a merchant ship. Print by Auguste-Francois Baird, nineteenth century. Object no. 436. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Seen on Registration.
Detail, Shipping off Canton, Chinese School (nineteenth century), ca. 1847–56. Oil on canvas. Object no. BHC1777. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Seen on Map.