The Werder Collection has been formed by an enthusiastic and very active collector in Germany within the previous 30 years. It represents - more than other collections of this kind - the typical ship portraits which have been brought home by German Captains coming from the ports of the Nortern and Baltic Sea. The sail or steam vesseln shown on the paintings visited many harbors around the world and we find in this collection all kind of European, American and (mostly unknown) Chinese Artists from the 19th Century. Especially well represented are in this collection paintings by the older and younger Petersen (sometimes in co-operation with Holm) and works by John Henry Mohrmann, who often received commissions by German Captains. These ship portraits are not available for viewing to the public and this presentation is the first and only way to see images of all these paintings.