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Painted stormy seascape: a ruined building on a grassy cliff, a rowboat with men in churning surf, and a distant sailing ship under dark clouds.

Seascape with ruins on a cliff and a rowboat in surf

A stormy seascape with dark clouds over a grassy cliff topped by a ruined stone building at right. In the foreground, men in a rowboat struggle through breaking waves, while a distant sailing ship sits on the horizon at left.

Artist
Charles Bentley
Date
n.d.
Medium
color lithograph
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2251 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Sea and Ships19th centuryseascapewatercolorlandscaperuinssailing shipscliffrowboatstormcoastrough sea

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