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'Assistance' (1747). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board and details, sheer lines with inboard detail, and the longitudinal half-breadth for 'Assistance' (1747), a 1745 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deck
1747
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. Calendar for the single year of 1747. The calendar is made from a disc of bronze, which has tarnished and become worn. On one side of the calendar is a table with the months in three letter abbreviations and a table with the numbers for the number of da
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. lines & profile NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 397, states that there was an Admiralty Order dated 23 August 1748 to name the new ship 'Seahorse'. 'Seahorse' was begun on 23 February 1748 at Harwich by Mr John Barnard. Sh
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Black leather notecase. A black leather notecase with a red interior shut with a brass clasp. Underneath the flap is stamped in gold letters: 'PETER TONKIN PLYMOUTH 1747'.
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Centurion (1732); Warship; 60 guns. Scale: 1:48. A full hull model of the 60-gun warship Centurion (1732) made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is painted lead white below the waterline w
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Commander John Roberts, 1720-1815. A half-length portrait slightly to left in a painted oval. Under his blue coat he wears a red flannel smock without an opening down the front. Very little is known about this long-lived naval officer except that he was p
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Counter commemorating Admiral Duc d'Anville wrecked off the Azores. Counter commemorating Admiral Duc d'Anville wrecked off the Azores, 1746. Obverse: Youthful bust of Admiral Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793) (r
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Counter commemorating the naval readiness for battle. Counter commemorating naval readiness for battle. Obverse: Head of King Louis XV in a tie-wig, laureate (right). Legend: 'LUD . XV . REX . CHRISTIANISS.' Reverse: A hooded falcon on a perch.
1747
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Devonshire (1745). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the stern board outline, waterline profile with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Devonshire (1745), a 1741 Establishment 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker, after being cut down and reduced to a 6
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Four unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighters (1747). Scale: 1:38.4 (five sixteenth of an inch to the foot). Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for bui
Circa August 1747
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George Byng, Viscount Torrington. Technique includes etching.
1747
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre and Admiral Lord Anson's voyage, 1740-4. Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre and Admiral Lord Anson's voyage, 1740-44. Obverse: Bust of Anson (left), hair short, no drapery, crowned
circa 1768
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre and Admiral Lord Anson's voyage, 1740-4. Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre and Admiral Lord Anson's voyage, 1740-44. Obverse: Bust of Anson (left), hair short, no drapery, crowned
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 and Admiral Lord Anson's voyage, 1740-4. Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 and Admiral George Anson's voyage, 1740-44. Obverse: Bust of Anson (left), hair short, no dr
circa 1768
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Newark(1747); Warship; Third rate; 80 guns. Scale: 1:48. Contemporary block design model of the 'Newark' (1747), an 80 gun three-decker ship of the line. The number ‘13’ is on a label on the starboard broadside. Decoration painted a
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Robert Cecil Earl of Salisbury. Print
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The 'St Albans' Floated out at Deptford, 1747. The painting shows the 'St Albans', 60 guns man-of-war built at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1747. It is depicted being floated out of her building dock, flying the Admiralty flag, the
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The Honourable Edward Boscawen Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet 1747. Print
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The Honourable Edward Boscawen Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet 1747. Print
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The Right Honourable George Anson Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton in the County of Southampton Vice Admiral of the Blue. Print
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The Right Honourable George Anson, Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton in the County of Southampton, Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Print
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To Sir Hugh Smithson Bart This View of the City of London Taken through one of the Centres of the Arches of the New Bridge at Westminster.... (with key). To Sir Hugh Smithson Bart. This View of the City of London was taken through one of the centres of t
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Tyger (1747) [alternative spelling: Tiger]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Tyger (1747), a 1745 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, two
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Warship; Third rate; 74-guns. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary block design model of a 74-gun, two-decker ship of the line (circa 1747). An accompanying label reads, ‘Ship of 74 guns about 1747 one of the first English 74's, originally designed as a
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The Capture of the Duc de Chartres, 18 April 1747. 'The Capture of the Duc de Chartres, 18 April 1747'
1770
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To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet.... A port-broadside view of the Invincible on
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The Sheerness May 8 1747. Medium includes pen.
8 May 1747
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Isis (captured 1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, inboard profile (no waterlines), and longitudinal half-breadth for Isis (captured 1747), a captured French Fourth Rate, prior to being fitted as a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two
Pre 17 October 1747
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Duc de Chartres 700 tun taken by the Hon: Cn: Barrington in the Bellona. Augt 1747. Medium includes wash, technique could be described as sepia wash. The drawing shows the Duc de Chartres, a French East India ship. She was taken by the Bellona, commanded
Aug 1747
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A Fleet Wedding Between a brisk young sailor & his Landlady's Daughter at Rederiff (caricature). Mounted with PAG8515.; Text in English below image.; No.2. Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
20 Oct 1747
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The Sailor's Fleet Wedding Entertainment (caricature). Text in English below image.; No.3. Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
10 Nov 1747
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The Wreck of the Nympha Americana a Spanish Corsair, near Beachy Head, 29 Nov 1747. Print
1840
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The Wreck of the Nympha Americana, a Spanish Corsair, near Beachy Head, 29 November 1747. Technique includes etching.
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