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Charles Sidney Raleigh (1830-1925) English, Oil on Canvas Maritime Art. Depicting a sailboat with an American flag and several figures on board navigating choppy waters under a cloudy sky. Signed lower right. dated 1882. Framed. Overall Size: 30 x 42 in. Sight Size: 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. Charles Sidney Raleigh (1830-1925) was a self-taught maritime and folk artist best known for his vivid paintings of whaling ships and seafaring life. Born in Gloucester, England, he reportedly ran away to sea at the age of ten and spent nearly three decades as a sailor and merchant seaman, experiences that deeply informed his art. After settling in Massachusetts in the 1870s, Raleigh worked as a house and decorative painter while developing a prolific career as a marine artist, eventually producing more than 1,100 paintings, including over 600 depictions of whaling vessels. His colorful, detailed ship portraits captured the drama and romance of nineteenth-century maritime culture and are now held in major collections such as the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Smithsonian Institution.