View of Algiers, (painting) (1828) is the most famous painting by Robert Salmon. Shipping off Greenock (1818) and Packet Ship Bolton, (painting) (1822) are the next two works the world knows best. From the 192 works of Robert Salmon in our catalogue, here are the 100 that collectors and museum visitors look at most, with the year, the museum and the story of each.
Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated October 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.
View of Algiers, (painting) is a maritime scene executed by Robert Salmon in 1828. The work captures the harbor of Algiers, presenting a detailed maritime view of the city and its surrounding waters.
Shipping off Greenock is an oil on panel painting by Robert Salmon. The work was created in 1818. This maritime piece depicts several ships sailing in the ocean, with mountains visible in the background. The composition includes boats of various sizes and positions, ranging from large vessels in the foreground to smaller boats scattered throughout the water. One of the larger ships contains a person visible on deck.
The artwork titled Packet Ship Bolton, (painting) presents a focused study of maritime transportation. Created by the artist Robert Salmon, the piece captures a specific vessel of commerce. This packet ship, designed for the regular carriage of mail and passengers, occupies the center of the sea. The work dates to about 1822.
The 'Ann' off Birkenhead is an oil on canvas by Robert Salmon. Painted about 1810, the work captures a specific moment of maritime activity. The vessel, the Ann, occupies the center of the scene, its sails catching the wind as it navigates the water. Around this primary ship, other vessels move through the sea, creating a sense of a busy maritime environment.
The scene unfolds in the painting Dismal Swamp Canal with Lake Drummond Hotel, (painting), a work that captures a specific moment in the year 1830. Here, the artist Robert Salmon invites us to witness the quiet industry and movement of the canal. The canvas holds a view of the waterway and the hotel, frozen in a time of expansion and maritime life. It is a window into a landscape shaped…
Robert W. Salmon’s “A Sailing Ship in the Mersey,” completed in 1811, stands as a testament to the burgeoning Romantic era's fascination with maritime landscapes and its embrace…
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The sun hangs low over the Mediterranean in Robert Salmon’s 1845 painting, View of Palermo. This coastal panorama captures the sprawling elegance of the Sicilian seaside, where the…
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Robert W. Salmon's 1816 painting, “View of Greenock, Scotland,” isn’t merely a landscape; it’s a meticulously observed snapshot of a burgeoning port city on the cusp of transformation.…
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Robert W. Salmon's "Dismal Swamp Canal" isn’t merely a depiction of a waterway; it’s a vibrant snapshot of 19th-century America, brimming with ambition, industry, and the nascent spirit…
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A Dynamic Scene of Maritime Power: Robert Salmon's "A Frigate of the Baltic Fleet off Greenock" This impressive oil on canvas by Robert W. Salmon depicts a vibrant…
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The four subjects that return most often among these masterpieces, with the finest example of each.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Robert Salmon | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Museum of Fine Arts |
Boston | 12 | South Sea Whale Fishing I, Shore and Figures, Ship in Storm |
 National Maritime Museum |
London | 5 | The 'Ann' off Birkenhead, The East Indiaman 'Warley', A Frigate Coming to Anchor in the Mersey |
 The Beacon Museum |
Whitehaven | 4 | A French Chasse Marie Attacking a British Merchant Ship, Sailing Ship 'David Shaw', Looking out across Whitehaven Harbour in a Flat Calm |
 Walker Art Gallery |
Liverpool | 4 | A Sailing Ship in the Mersey, Liverpool Town Hall Illuminated, 1806 |
 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum |
Madrid | 4 | View of Palermo, View of Greenock, Scotland |
 Yale Center for British Art |
New Haven | 2 | Ships in harbor, The Low Lighthouse, North Shield |
 Het Scheepvaartmuseum |
Amsterdam | 2 | Coastal Scene, (painting) |
 Saint Louis Art Museum |
Saint Louis | 1 | Moonlight Coastal Scene |
Shipping off Greenock is an oil on panel painting by Robert Salmon. The work was created in 1818. This maritime piece depicts several ships sailing in the ocean,…
View of Algiers, (painting) is a maritime scene executed by Robert Salmon in 1828. The work captures the harbor of Algiers, presenting a detailed maritime view of the…
The scene unfolds in the painting Dismal Swamp Canal with Lake Drummond Hotel, (painting), a work that captures a specific moment in the year 1830. Here, the artist…
View of Algiers, (painting) (1828). Next come Shipping off Greenock (1818) and Packet Ship Bolton, (painting) (1822).
53 years old: View of Algiers, (painting) dates from 1828 and Robert Salmon was born in 1775.
View of Algiers, (painting), Shipping off Greenock, Packet Ship Bolton, (painting), The 'Ann' off Birkenhead, Dismal Swamp Canal with Lake Drummond Hotel, (painting), Arctic Scene, (painting), Liverpool Harbor, Shipping on the Mersey, British Warship in Liverpool Harbor, (painting) and Four-Masted Clipper Ship in Liverpool Harbour. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
Our catalogue lists 192 works by Robert Salmon, dated from 1801 to 1845.
Most of them are in Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), National Maritime Museum (London) and The Beacon Museum (Whitehaven). The table above lists the museums one by one.
In 1820s: 35 of the 100 works on this page date from then, among them View of Algiers, (painting).
The earliest on this page is Arctic Scene, (painting) (1801), the latest View of Palermo (1845).
Sailing ships (8), Maritime painting (6) and Water (5), among the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas: 7 of the 100 works on this page.
Luminism and Romanticism, as the paintings on this page show.
South Sea Whale Fishing I, Shore and Figures and Ship in Storm are among the 7 works on this page held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.
