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'Resolution' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, inboard profile (no waterlines), and basic longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Resolution' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of
3 December 1755
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'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with some stern board frames, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead outline, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
31 October 1755
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. Small-sword which belonged to Captain James Cranston (died 1790). The hilt of the small-sword consists of twin shells, a round silver pommel with twisted fluting and a pas d'ane. The guard and the ricasso also have twisted fluting. The quillon has
1755
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. The backstaff has a lignum vitae frame and boxwood scales, an inlaid ivory plate on the main strut, brass rivets, and no vanes. Decorative stars and fleurs-de-lis are stamped on the frame and handle. The transversal scale on the thirty degree arc (crac
1755
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A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade &
1755
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A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade &
1755
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A plan for making a harbour at Ramsgate surveyed Sepr. 1755 by Sr Piercy Brett and Captain Desmaretz. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:2,000 (bar)]. North is at 12 degrees. Soundings and tidal stream information are given. The harbour
1755
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Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines iwht inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth for building Aldborough (1756), Flamboroug
Circa May 1755
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Alderney (1757). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Alderney (1757), a 10-gun three-masted sloop. The plan illustrates her as completed with three masts. The original design had been as a two-masted
Circa 1757
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Biddeford (1756) [alternative spelling: Bideford]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms, a section at the foremost bulkhead of the magazine, and a section at the bulkhead of the breadroom to be fitted to the Biddeford (1756), a 20-gun S
Circa September 1755
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Carte reduite des Isles Acores pour servir aux vaisseaux du Roi. Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:950,000]. The border is graduated for latitude and longitude from the meridians of Paris, London, the Lizard, Teneriffe and Ferro Is. Rh
1755
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Deal Castle (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for fitting the Deal Castle (1756), a 20-gun Sixth Rate building at Deptford Dockyard.
Circa September 1755
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Deal Castle (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck and fore & aft platforms for fitting the Deal Castle (1756), a 20-gun Sixth Rate building at Deptford Dockyard.
Circa September 1755
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Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the after platform plans for building Lowestoff (1756) and Tartar (1756), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates. Annotation in top right: "A Copy of this Plan was given to Mr Graves Mr Randell.&quo
1755
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Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for building Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates. Annotation in top right: "A Copy of this Plan was given to Mr Graves Mr Randell." on fr
1755
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Mapa maritimo del Golfo de Mexico e Islas de la America, para el uso de los navegantes en esta parte del mundo, construido sobre las mexores memorias, y observaciones astronomicas de longitudes y latitudes.. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Scale: [ca. 1:6 0
1755
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Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Obverse: Lisbon, holding a caduceus in her left hand, a shield engraved with a ship (left), seated amid debris; lightning, flames and smoke issuing fro
1755
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Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Obverse: Two vessels in a rough sea off a pier with a steeple. Clouds above. Legend: 'DIE WASSERWOGEN WIRDEN BRAUSEN.' (The roaring of the hu
1755
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Medal safety at sea. Obverse: Mercury standing on the shore with his back turned to two vessels in action. Legend: 'SALVS IN FLVCTIBVS.' Exergue: 'STATVS RERVM.' Reverse: A crowned and sceptred figure holding a lantern seated on a hor
1755
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Stork (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Stork (1756), for building a 10/12-gun two-masted ship sloop at Shoreham by Mr Stow. She was
Circa November 1755
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The Honble. Sr. Edward Hawke Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet and Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. Print
1755
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The Honble: Sr: Edward Hawke Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. Print
1755
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. The octant has a mahogany frame and index arm with a boxwood limb, brass fittings and a brass stop for the index arm. An inlaid plate in the crossbar is now missing. There is no tangent screw and the clamping screw, which is broken, is on the back of th
circa 1755
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Drawing of a turret clock escapement. Harrison’s own manuscript drawing of his design for the escapement of the turret clock at Trinity College, Cambridge, for which he was paid three guineas in 1755. The escapement itself was then made by the Londo
about 1755
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Viscount St Albans. Head-and-shoulders terracotta bust of Francis Bacon, the head turned to sitter's right, in contemporary 17th-century dress including hat, and signed on reverse 'Michl. Rysbrack 1755'. This is
1755
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Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). Head-and-shoulders terracotta bust of Oliver Cromwell, bare-headed, in armour decorated with a Medusa head on the cuirass. This is one of eight busts of British worthies made by Rysbrack for Sir Edward Littleton's new hou
possibly 1732, or by 1755-7
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Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618). Terracotta head-and-shoulders bust, in contemporary late-16th or early 17th century dress including hat, signed on the reverse 'Michl. Rysbrack 1757'. This is one of eight busts of British worthies - three now
1757
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Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after platform for Aldborough (1756), Flamborough (1756), Lively (1756), Scarborough (1756), Kennington (1756) and
14 May 1755
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Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Aldborough (1756), Flamborough (1756), Lively (1756), Scarborough (175
14 May 1755
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Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Aldborough (1756), Flamborough (1756), Lively (1756), Scarborough (1756), Kennington
14 May 1755
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Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Aldborough (1756), Flamborough (1756), Lively (1756), Scarborough (1756), Kennington (1756) and Merc
14 May 1755
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Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half breadth for building Lowestoff (1756) and Tartar (1756), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates. Note the French influence on the desi
13 June 1755
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Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle for building Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates. Annotation in top right: "A Copy of this plan was given to } Mr.Graves Mr.Randell
13th June 1755
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Lowestoff (1756), Tartar (1756). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for building Lowestoff (1756) and Tartar (1756), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates. Annotation top right: "A Copy of this Plan was given to Mr Graves Mr Randell."
13th June 1755
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Spy (1756); Bonetta (1756); Merlin (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth of Spy (1756), Bonetta (1756), and Merlin (1756), all 10-gun early two-masted, snow-rigged Sloops.
Dated: 9 July 1755
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Spy (1756); Bonetta (1756); Merlin (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore and aft platforms of the new 220 ton sloops, Spy (1756), Bonetta (1756), and Merlin (1756), all 10 gun early two-masted, snow-rigged Sloops.
Annotation dated: 25 July 1755
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Viper (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth, hold with fore & aft platforms, and fittings for the upper deck for Viper (1756), an early two-masted 10-gun Sloop.
Circa August 1755
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A Geometrical Plan & North West Elevation of his Majesty's Dock-Yard at Chatham, with ye village of Brompton adjacent. To... Peregrine Bertie, Duke of Ancaster and Kestaven... by... Tho. Milton (with key). A plan of the Royal Dockyard at Chatham,
2 Sep 1755
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British Resentment of the French fairly Coopt at Louisbourg (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
25 Sep 1755
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