Captain Richard Brydges Beechey (British, 1808-1895), The Warship Brittania, The Flag That Braved a Thousand Years, The Battle and the Breeze, 1871, Oil on canvas, 35 x 52 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Montague Dawson, (British, 1895-1973), Running Free – The Cutty Sark, 20th Century, Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
William Adolphus Knell (British, 1805-1875), The Battle of Trafalgar, 19th century, Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 51 1/4 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Henry Scott, British, (1911-2005), Riding Deep-The Tea Clipper Ariel, 20th Century, Oil on canvas, Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Arthur I. Appleton served in the United States Navy during World War II and collected paintings and model ships featuring historic sailing ships. The works span the 19th and 20th centuries and feature British artists William Adolphus Knell, Captain Richard Brydges Beechey, Henry Scott and Montague Dawson.