Nautical Illustrations: 681 Permission-Free Illustrations from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive) [Paperback]

Jim Harter (Compiler)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2003 | Series: Dover Pictorial Archive

Detailed images — taken from rare sources — depict primitive canoes, a Roman galley, ship figureheads, naval battles, dock scenes, lighthouses, pirate ships, steam-powered battleships, and a wealth of other subjects. Brief captions identify pictures, which are arranged chronologically. Irresistible to boating enthusiasts and armchair sailors. Over 600 black-and-white illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (August 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486428354
• ISBN-13: 978-0486428352
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Professional & Technical > Transportation > Ships > Pictorial

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Detailed Artwork for...?, December 17, 2007

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EnchantedGal (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nautical Illustrations: 681 Permission-Free Illustrations from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

While this book was incredibly beautiful to look at, it's not going to be easy finding uses for this clip art. Since I usually use Dover books for collage, rubber stamping and art purposes this wasn't so great for me. The images are so VERY detailed that most of the engravings are dark and shades of gray. They are finished pieces of art in their own way (not good for collage or taking parts of the image out to combine with other things.)

I would only recommend this book for people who are looking for inspiration for drawing water or ships. These detailed pen drawings are really beautiful, just way more detailed than most clip art books. It is possible that you could still use these images for collage on a large scale, but you can't shrink most of these images without making them black (too small of lines.) This over-sized book (9.5" x 12") has such large images, many pages only having 2 or 3 images on them.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good illustrations, August 19, 2008

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Kay (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nautical Illustrations: 681 Permission-Free Illustrations from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

Really nice reference material for artists, lots of beautiful line drawings showing ships in fair, stormy, and even arctic weather. Some images in it are very small though, pretty much useless, but I guess if all they do is fill some white space then why not have them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sensational, November 24, 2007

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J. Blazey (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nautical Illustrations: 681 Permission-Free Illustrations from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

I really like this book - the etchings are well detailed and beautifully reproduced. The sea rescue series (#551 & #552) are so dramatic and really capture the danger and the power of the sea. Can't wait to use some of these images!