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A quarter-gallery of the 'Royal Sovereign' 1701. The drawing is an offset rubbed on the back. It is signed in pen and brown ink lower right ‘W.V.V.J.’ and inscribed lower left ‘Roijal soverijn’. The ‘Royal Sovereig
1701
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Counter commemorating the Straits of Gibraltar opened to France. Counter commemorating the Straits of Gibraltar opened to France. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) (right). Legend: 'L . ALEXA . DE . B
1701
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Counter commemorating the war of the Spanish succession. Counter commemorating the war of the Spanish succession. Obverse: Short bust of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICVS . MAGNUS . REX.' Reverse: An eagle perched upon a r
1701
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 2. Western Schede with Vlissinger in the background (Dutch sailing vessel firing her gun). Print
1701
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 3. Shipping off Amsterdam. Print
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 4. Shipping off Amsterdam. Print
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 5. A gust of wind (Dutch shipping in choppy waters). Print
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 6. Dutch sailing vessel being careened in a busy harbour. Print
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 7. Men trying to refloat a sailing vessel from the shore into rough seas. Print
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 8. Seaport quay. Print
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D'Stroom en Zeegezichten...Plate 9? Sailing vessel being driven onto the rocks in rough seas. Print
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Figurehead of the ‘Royal Sovereign’. Figurehead of the ‘Royal Sovereign’ showing Britannia bearing an orb and staff in a chariot, with Neptune and other figures grouped above, and a unicorn below (the lion being implied on the star
1701
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Medal commemorating the pirate Claus Störtzenbecher and Admiral J Bart. Medal commemorating the pirate Claus Störtzenbecher (died 1401) and Admiral Jean Bart (1651-1702). Obverse: Bust of the pirate Claus Störtzenbecher in a feathered cap a
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Medal commemorating the pirate Claus Störtzenbecher. Medal commemorating the pirate Claus Störtzenbecher (died 1401). Obverse: Head of the pirate Claus Störtzenbecher in a feathered cap (right), doublet cut very low at the neck. Legend: �
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Medal commemorating the settlement of the dispute between Adalbert I and the Boineberg family. Medal commemorating the settlement of the dispute between Adalbert I and the Boineberg family. Obverse: An Imperial eagle with arms of the nine Frankish houses
1701
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Portrait of an English fourth-rate of about 42-guns, and built about 1675.. An English fourth-rate seen from before the port beam with, on the broadside, nine guns on the gun deck, ten on the upper deck (square decorated ports) and three in wreathed ports
1701
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Portrait of the 'Royal Sovereign'. One of a group of four drawings of the ‘Royal Sovereign’, First Rate, 100 guns, shown at her launching at Woolwich in 1701. The drawing is rapid and accurate. The ship is depicted from before the
1701
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Portrait of the 'Royal Sovereign'. This drawing depicts the ‘Royal Sovereign’. It is one of four drawings of the vessel at her launching. This work shows the vessel from before the starboard beam at her launching. Flagstaffs are in t
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Portrait of the 'Royal Sovereign'. Viewed from abaft the starboard beam, the ‘Royal Sovereign’, 100-gun first-rate, built 1701, broken up 1768. The channels and the entering port have been omitted. It is inscribed in brown ink &lsquo
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Portrait of the ‘Royal Sovereign’. Three rapid broadside sketches of the ‘Royal Sovereign’ after her launching. The upper one, a port view with the stumps of the masts, has been drawn in pencil, then worked over in pen and brown in
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Present Asia distinguisht into its general divisions or countries together with their capital cities chief rivers mountains &c.. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Two leaves joined at vertical centreline, mounted on stiff paper. Scale: [ca. 1:5 00
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The bow of the 'Royal Sovereign', 1701. The bow of the ‘Royal Sovereign’, 100-gun first-rate, built 1701, broken up 1768. This is an offset from PAG6271, which is the drawing which has been rubbed on the back. From the watermarks it
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The bow of the 'Royal Sovereign', 1701. The bow of the ‘Royal Sovereign’, 100-gun first-rate, built 1701, broken up 1768. This is probably drawn, from right ahead, from a model. The paper has been folded and the starboard side is an
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Vice-Admiral John Benbow, 1653-1702. A three-quarter-length portrait to right, head slightly to left, in a dark brown coat, breastplate and short brown full-bottomed wig. He holds a hanger in his right hand and his left hand rests on a cannon. His flagshi
1701
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A chart of the coasts of Ireland and part of England. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:500,000]. The bar scale is in English and French leagues. The border is graduated for latitude only. Rhumb lines are provided and shoals and soundi
1701 or later
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