The art of marine painting in water-colours (1885)
Carmichael, J. W. (John Wilson), 1799-1868 · London : Winsor and Newton · leaf 41
21 DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF SAILING. the vessels sailing in a moderate or even a heavy sea in proportion to the immersion of the ship at the head or stern above the line of flotation, so will he the elevation above the water at the opposite part, or the vessel would not he a safe sea craft. The… … Dutch traders, colliers, Humber keels, and Thames barges are generally so heavily laden as to reduce their buoyancy to a minimum; and this is seen by the waves passing over their decks fore and aft, as if they were but floating timber or drifting wreck. Buoys, casks, and all similar empty bodies…
Marine painting · Watercolor painting
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial132dodg-306-250.webp)
