Bryant was an able oil painter mostly of marine subjects.
At first an excellent animal and landscape painter, he gave himself after 1857 almost entirely to marine subjects.
The book features a number of poems with marine subjects, whose titles are:
Drunk Ship spoke about marine subjects in a casual style.
A lot of seaside resorts have art galleries selling marine subjects.
He is known in the United States for his oil paintings, which focused predominantly on marine subjects.
He also began painting marine subjects for which he became known.
He developed a love of the sea and is probably best known as a painter of marine subjects.
He also painted moonlight and winter scenes; and was particularly successful in marine subjects.
This visit to the Netherlands contributed to a new oil technique and deepened his interest in marine subjects.