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'Anson' (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Anson' (1781), a 64-gun Third Rate, two decker, as built at Plymouth Dockyard. The plan also re
31 October 1781
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'Ardent' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Ardent' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Bursledon by Messrs Stares and Parsons. Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784].
August 1781
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'Warrior' (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Warrior' (1781), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as bui
29 November 1781
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. Circular brass calendar inscribed '1781 A Calendar...John Powell Birmingham'. A table of Sundays for the year and a number of special dates are given on one side. On the other are shown dates of the full moon and the new moon and a number of
1781
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. Creamware mug commemorating Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), inscribed 'Rodney for ever 1781'. It is straight-sided with a slightly flared foot, and is hand-painted in red, green, black and yellow, with floral sprays on each side
1781
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. deck
1781
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. frame
1781
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. Inboard profile plan
1781
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. Lid for PLT0246.
1781
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. lines
1781
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. lines & profile Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 465, states that the 'Swallow' arrived to be fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard on 12 March 1780, was docked and launched in March, and sailed 31 March 1780.
1781
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. lines & profile
1781
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. lines & profile as taken off prior to fitting.
1781
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. Lower deck plan
1781
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. Upper deck plan
1781
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A chart of the Arabian Gulf or Red Sea. Single sheet. Col. engr. Scale: [ca.1:2 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated. Contents Note: Title cartouche shows a scene of a landing place with a ship at anchor and hospitable Ottoman figures, Two printe
1781
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A chart of the harbour of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Breton.. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: 1:7 500 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 17 degrees 30' W. Ungraduated. Bar scales of one statute mile and fathoms. Contents Note: Shows roads
1781
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A new hydrographical survey of the British Channel, with part of the Atlantic Ocean as far as Cape Clear, improved from the large chart of the late Thomas Jeffery's Geographer to the King. This chart is bound in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete
7 May 1781
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A view of Louisbourg from the North East.. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Louisburg, Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Shows the harbour entrance between the forts with the town and church spires in the distance. Aquatint worked up. Printed
1781
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A view of Louisbourg from the North East.. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Louisburg, Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Shows the harbour entrance between the forts with the town and church spires in the distance. Lacks imprint. Aquatint. Pri
1781
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A view of Louisbourg from the North East.. There are two variants of this chart in the collection.
1781
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A view of the entrance of Port Hood. Single sheet. Engraved. Imprint June 1 1781. Aquatint. The signature at bottom right of the view has been obscured. Printed on Bates paper.
1781
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A view of the entrance of Port Hood. Single sheet. Engraved. Plate same as HNS70.1A. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Coloured.
1781
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A view of the entrance of Port Hood. This plate replaced the upper view of HNS70. There are two variants in the collection (the original HNS numbering for these sheets was 70Aa and 70Ab).
1781
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A view of the Plaister Cliffs, on the west shore of Georges Bay.. Single sheet. Engraved. A new, detailed view in aquatint. Printed on unwatermarked paper. Sepia.
1781
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A view of the Plaister Cliffs, on the west shore of Georges Bay.. Single sheet. Engraved. Plate changes: Aquatint worked up. Other features: Printed on Bates paper.
1781
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A view of the Plaister Cliffs, on the west shore of Georges Bay.. Single sheet. Engraved. Plate same as HNS70.2A. Other features: Printed on unwatermarked paper. Coloured.
1781
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A view of the Plaister Cliffs, on the west shore of Georges Bay.. This plate replaced the lower view of HNS70. There are three variants in the collection (the original HNS numbering for these sheets was 70Ba, 70Bb and 70Bc).
1781
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Albermarle (1781) - ex French Menagere? (1776). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead and longitudinal half breadth for Albermarle (1781) a captured French Frigate, as taken off at
July 1781
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Alcmene (1779) - ex French Alcmene (1774). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan and sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half breadth for Alcmene (1779) a captured French Frigate ,as taken off at Woolwich Dockyard prior to be
circa. November 1781
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Alcmene (1779) ex-French Alcmene (1774). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck, forecastle and upperdeck plans for Alcmene (1779) a captured French Frigate ,as taken off at Woolwich Dockyard prior to being fitted as a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate. NMM,
1781
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Alcmene (1779), ex French Alcmene (1774). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck and after platforms plan for Alcmene (1779) a captured French Frigate ,as taken off at Woolwich Dockyard prior to being fitted as a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate. NMM, progres
1781
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Annapolis Royal. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy. Imprint June 1st 1781. Aquatint. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Sepia. Stitch holes at left edge.
1781
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Annapolis Royal. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy. Plate changes: aquatint shading intensified. Other features: Printed on Bates paper.
1781
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Annapolis Royal. This is a later copy of a view which appears in HNS 22. There are two variants in the collection.
1781
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Captain Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805. A three-quarter-length portrait to right in captain's full-dress uniform, over three years seniority, 1774-87. He wears a hat and his hands rest on his sheathed sword in front of him. Although the portrait was begun
1781
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Chart of the Island Palawan from observations in the sloop Endeavour in April & May 1774 by James Barton. Single sheet. engr. Scale: [ca. 1:750 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Additional Places: Philippines. Contents Note: Top right: Remarks for s
1781
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Counter commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank, 1781. Counter commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank, 1781. Obverse: The Dutch lion, sword in right paw, caduceus in left, standing at an altar gazing at a rayed eye above. Legend: 'VII HOLL : TEGEN IX
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (right), cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'G . B . RODNEY'. Reverse: Two ships of the line engaged,
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (right), cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'G . B . RODNEY.' Reverse: Inscription (within an oak w
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (right), cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'G . B . RODNEY.' Reverse: Inscription, 'THE GLORI
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (right), cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'G . B . RODNEY.' (very small letters; divided by hat).
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (right), cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'G . B . RODNEY.' Reverse: Inscription, 'THE HERO WH
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The admiral's bust (three-quarter right), cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'ADMIRAL RODNEY'. Reverse: View of a city b
1781
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Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Counter commemorating the capture of St Eustatius, 1781. Obverse: The Admiral's bust, head turned (right), but shoulders square. Cocked hat and uniform. Legend: 'Sr. GEORGE BRIDGS. RODNEY
1781
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De Ridder Van Kinsbergen, Kapitein ter Zee. Technique includes etching.
1781
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Dogger's Bank's Triumf. Painting, oil on glass, commemorating the Battle of Dogger Bank, 5 Aug 1788. Inscribed: 'DOGGER'S BANK'S TRIUMF'. Depicting Neptune in a car with a female figure holding an oar bearing a cap of liberty
1781
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Dolphin (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dolphin (1781), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, as built at Chatham Dockyard. Note t
Circa March 1781
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Duc d'Estissac (captured 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Duc d'Estissac (captured 1781), a captured French privateer, as take
28 December 1781
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Duc de Chatres (captured 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Duc de Chatres (captured 1781), a captured French privateer. The plan ill
Circa July 1781
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Echo (1782); Rattler (1783); Calypso (1783); Brisk (1784); Nautilus (1784); Scorpion (1785). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with gallery decoration and figurehead for Echo (1782) and Calypso (1783), and later for Rattler (1783), Bri
29 August 1781
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Echo (1782); Rattler (1783); Calypso (1783); Brisk (1784); Nautilus (1784); Scorpion (1785). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) with alterations to the quarterdeck and cathead for Echo (1782), Rattler (1783), Calypso (1783), Bris
Circa 1781
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Grampus (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Grampus (1782), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The plan includes alterations to the Roughtrees (rails) and bowsprit.
8 February 1781
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Het Binnen Koomen van Twee O.I.C. Scheepen, en den Hoeker, en een Engelsche Cotter, Waar op het enne schip, legt by Gedraayt, en Salueerd voor Vlissengen, ende O.I.C. Bantem na hem toe komt. Technique includes etching.
1781
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HMS Anson (?). Finely carved bust-length figurehead (no arms) which has been associated with the 'Anson', a 64-gun third-rate built at Plymouth Dockyard in 1781 but reduced to a 44-gun ship in 1794. It represents a bearded warrior in classical a
1781
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Ignatius Sancho, 1729-80. The frontispiece to 'Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho: An African, to which are Prefixed, Memoirs of his Life'. The engraving of Ignatius Sancho is after a portrait by Thomas Gainsborough. Ignatius Sancho (1729-80)
1781
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Jean Bart. Print
1781
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Le Mis. De L'Etanduere. Technique includes etching.
1781
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Le Port de Bruge Vu pre de la Porte du Baffin sa Majeste Imperiale et Royale Joseph II ordonna l'agrandissement des Magazins et du Bassin. Technique includes etching.; Plate 1.
1781
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Majestic (1785); Orion (1787); Captain (1787). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Majestic (1785), Orion (1787), and Captain (1787), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. The design for these three ship
August 1781
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Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781. Medal commemorating action off Cadiz, 1781. Obverse: Stern view of four vessels in action, one dismantled (left). Legend: 'VIS VI FORTITER REPULSA' (A bold attack boldly repulsed). Exergue: 'PROPE
1781
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Medal commemorating Admiral Willem Crul of Holland and West Friesland. Medal commemorating Admiral Willem Crul (1721-1781). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Crul in a short wig and uniform coat over armour (to the right, head three-quarters). Legend: 'WILH C
1781
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Medal commemorating armed neutrality at sea. Medal commemorating armed neutrality at sea. Obverse: A sailor, a paddle inscribed with the arms of the Netherlands in his right hand, leaning on a pedestal hung with the arms of Russia (centre), Sweden (right)
1781
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Medal commemorating J van der Windt's warning to the Dutch fishing fleet. Medal commemorating Jacob van der Windt's warning to the Dutch fishing fleet. Obverse: Starboard bow view of the Red Rose under sail, various vessels in the background. Le
1781
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Dogger Bank, 1781. Medal commemorating the Battle of Dogger Bank, 1781. Obverse: Winged and draped figure of Victory standing on the prow of a Roman vessel, inscribed 'DOGGERS BANK' holding a wreath in her outst
1781
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank and Admiral Bentinck. Medal commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank and the death of Admiral Wolter Jan Bentinck, 1781. Obverse: A tombstone engraved with Admiral Bentinck's arms crowned by an urn; (encircl
1781
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank, 1781. Medal commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank, 1781. Obverse: Allegorical figure of Netherlands crowned, a spear in her right hand (left), pointing upwards with her left hand, looking backward; an altar a
1781
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Medal commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank, 1781. Medal commemorating the Battle of Doggerbank, 1781. Obverse: Stern view of the British and Dutch flagships in action (other ships in the background), the former veering away; inscription proceeding from
1781
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Medal commemorating the outbreak of the Fourth Dutch War, 1781. Medal commemorating the outbreak of the Fourth Dutch War, 1781. Obverse: Netherlands, standing, a lion behind her, showing a shield to Amsterdam, seated, a dog (England) biting at her shield
1781
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Myrmidon (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with in board detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Myrmidon (1781), a 22-gun Sixth Rate, as built at Deptford Dockyard. The design was based on that of t
30 June 1781
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Myrmidon (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms for Myrmidon (1781), a 22-gun Sixth Rate, as built at Deptford Dockyard. The design was based on that of the Amazon (captured 1745), a captured French privateer. Signed by Adam Hay
30 June 1781
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Myrmidon (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Myrmidon (1781), a 22-gun Sixth Rate, as built at Deptford Dockyard. The design was based on that of the Amazon (captured 1745), a captured French privateer. Signed by Adam Hayes [Master Shi
30 June 1781
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Myrmidon (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Myrmidon (1781), a 22-gun Sixth Rate, as built at Deptford Dockyard. The design was based on that of the Amazon (captured 1745), a captured French privateer. Signed by Adam H
30 June 1781
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Myrmidon (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Myrmidon (1781), a 22-gun Sixth Rate, as built at Deptford Dockyard. The design was based on that of the Amazon (captured 1745), a captured French privateer. Signed by Adam Hayes [Master Shi
30 June 1781
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Porto (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Porto (captured 1780), a captured American sloop, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockya
Circa July 1781
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Racehorse (purchased 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth for Racehorse (purchased 1781), a merchant ship purchased in frame and completed as a 16-gun Ship Sloop. The plan illustr
Circa October-November 1781
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Racehorse (purchased 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and fore & aft platforms for Racehorse (purchased 1781), a merchant ship purchased in frame and completed as a 16-gun Ship Sloop. The plan illustrates the ship as taken off at Liv
Circa October-November 1781
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Racehorse (purchased 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for Racehorse (purchased 1781), a merchant ship purchased in frame and completed as a 16-gun Ship Sloop. The plan illustrates the ship as taken off at Liverpool in 1781
Circa October-November 1781
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