Category Archives: Ships & Boats

Modern Ship Designs by Pedro J. Lemos

Modern Ship Design
Steamship
Steamship on waves
Steamship horizontal
Steamship Narrow Horizontal
Steamship with birds
Steamship
DescriptionEnglish: Ship designs by Pedro J. Lemos (later Pedro Joseph de Lemos), from a page captioned, “Examples of the modern steamship in design. These prove that one need not depend entirely on the ancient decorative galleon for fine line spacings and rhythm.”
DateMay 1928
SourceThe School Arts Magazine, May 1928
AuthorPedro J. Lemos

Minerva Supervises the Building of the Argo

DescriptionEnglish: [From the original description:] A bas-relief, representing the goddess Minerva superintending the construction of the ship Argo. The figure, employed in using a chisel and hammer, is Argus, the builder of the ship; and the other figure, assisted by Minerva in fixing the sail to the yard, is Tiphys, the pilot of the vessel.
Date1810
SourceA Description of the Collection of Ancient Terracottas in the British Museum (https://archive.org/details/descriptionofcol00brit/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorWilliam Alexander