sea-scape, seascape
(ˈsiːskeɪp)
[Formed in imitation of landscape n.; see also scape n.3]
1. A picture of the sea, a sea-piece; sea-pieces collectively.
| 1799 Hull Advertiser 5 Jan. 2/4 One of the most eminent marine painters has painted sea-skips. 1876 Macm. Mag. Mar. 461 It is in these respects that the seascape with figures..gains. 1893 Times 29 Apr. 13/2 For sea-scape we have..one by a new painter. |
2. A picturesque view or prospect of the sea.
| 1806 Guide Watering Places 190 A fine sea-scape from a terrace in the garden. 1883 Ld. R. Gower Remin. II. xxix. 313 The view from Europa Point [Gibraltar] is the finest seascape imaginable. |
3. attrib.
| 1884 Hunter & Whyte My Ducats xi, I think you have met Floyd, the seascape painter. 1906 Daily Chron. 13 Mar. 3/4 Realistic seascape painting. |
Hence ˈseaˌscapist, a painter of sea-scapes.
| 1884 Guardian 28 May 802/2 The Dutch sea-scapist, Mr. Mesdag. 1900 Daily News 16 Oct. 6/6 Stanfield and Cooke,..who painted not quite as the seascapists do now. |