I keep saying to myself that I’ll pick up painting again, but I haven’t picked up a brush in a few years now.. Just the other day, I came across a couple of resources in the rare book collection that made me change my mind. In南美海岸岬角的水彩素描（大约1830年），一位神秘艺术家提供了几幅全景水彩画。在某些页面上，我们在水上看到船只，但其他船则占有许多土地的沿海风景。在下面的这条皇家海军船上的图像中，标题上写着：“ HMS Dover在沉重的海军上锚定在里约热内卢附近”。在the next image of Harradura Point Coquimbo, we can see how the artist has provided us with some notes so that we may situate ourselves “NE by N”: In this last image, I’ve zoomed in so you can see the details a little better. In海洋景色的水彩画弗朗西斯·沃林（Frances Waring）（1776-1840），我们看到了一个以海洋主题为主题的水彩画的很好的例子。在第一张图像中，我们看到了一个混乱的场景，其中有一个被其他船只包围的煤箱。您能相信以下页面的此页面大约是8英寸x 12英寸吗？我立即爱上了多佛的这一夜间图像：最后一个很有趣。标题上写着这是“靠近radipole - 在1826年8月27日附近”，我进行了一些搜索，看看我是否可以找到一张照片桥梁，该地点靠近韦茅斯村庄的一座桥的图像：http://www.love-weymouth.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/radipole-village/radipole-village-weymouth-221.jpg这两本书（和其他）稀有书籍中都有更多的图像，值得一长时的研究。A favorite that comes to mind is a study of tropical fishes, but that’s another blog… If you happen to view all there is to see on paintings in rare books, know that there are also a few logbooks that feature color and monochromatic paintings that were done while at sea! If you have a chance, come on in and be amazed by the detail and know that it’s one of a kind.