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The Gibson family has taken thousands of striking shipwreck photos, from the late 1870’s through the 1970s. See more of these amazing photos here.

William Powell Frith (1819-1909) "The Fair Toxophiles" (1872) Oil on canvas

Melrose Abbey, Scotland 1875/85

Marie-Desirée Bourgoin (French, 1839-1911), Sarah Bernhardt's Studio, 1879, watercolor and gouache over graphite.

Tintern Abbey, Wales 1850/80

Carl Rasmussen (Danish, 1841–1893), "A Summer Night near Greenland around the Year 1000" (detail), 1875

Epitaphios of Michael Kyprianos. Early fourteenth century. Princeton University Art Museum.

Storm rising, Franz Sedlacek

Byzantine temple of the Archangel Michael in the Selino region of Chania, Crete, Greece.

From 'Treasure Island 'by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Laura Makabresku

— by Ivo Saliger

Ajax defending the Greek Ships against the Trojans. By John Flaxman.

Brazen Age. By John Flaxman.

The Seven Against Thebes by John Flaxman.

Diomedes Casting His Spear Against Ares. By John Flaxman.