Stormy Sea from the Hotel Metropole
Benjamin Constant
The title of this picture suggests the painter is at a safe distance from the crashing waves.
Brighton Beach
Ruskin Spear
Sitting on a deckchair is much more comfortable than sitting on pebbles!
Kemp Town from the Sea
John Wilson Carmichael
These houses share a garden which has a secret tunnel down to the beach. Can you see where you come out of the tunnel?
View of Brunswick Square
Circle of William Parrott
Chain Pier, Brighton
John Fraser
The first pier in Brighton was a landing stage for cargo and passenger ships.
Fishing Boats off Brighton
Walter Jenner
Floating Breakwaters at Brighton
English School
Floating breakwaters are man-made items designed to take the impact of strong waves before they hit the shore.
Southwick And Fishersgate From Portslade
James S Kinnear
The people living in these houses would have seen grey storm clouds gathering in the sky outside their windows.
Cross-Channel Steamer 'Belfast' off Brighton
Richard Henry Nibbs
Brighton Front
Charles Henry Harrison Burleigh
Rain at Brighton
Adrian Hill
Palace Pier, Brighton
Julia Morley
Black Rock, Brighton
Jacques-Emile Blanche
Brighton from the West Pier
James Webb & George Earl
Chain Pier, Brighton
George D Callow
Brighton's first pier, the Chain Pier, was strong - cast iron towers and wrought iron chains supported the wooden platforms. Even so it was destroyed by a fierce storm 73 years later.
The Chain Pier from the Beach
Е. Н.
Two hundred years ago a ferocious storm destroyed the Chain Pier. The frame of this picture has been made from timber saved from the wreckage.