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'Dreadnought' (1801); 'Neptune' (1797); 'Temeraire' (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Dreadnought' (1801), a 98-gun Second Rate, three-decker, building at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan was l
22 July 1789
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'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.
Circa January 1789
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'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Circa January 1789
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'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.
circa January 1789
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'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.
circa January 1789
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'Mars' (1794); 'Centaur' (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Mars' (1794) and 'Centaur' (1797), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
27 January 1789
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'Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African'. Frontispiece from Olaudah Equiano’s self-published book ‘The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African’ (London, 1789). It is the only
1789
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. A creamware jug, transfer-printed with a portrait in black of the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). Inscribed below it: 'THE ROYAL BRITISH TAR', 'He's Royal, he's Noble, he's Chosen to be/The Guard of our Isla
1789
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. buoy, beacon
1789
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. Calendar for the single year of 1789. The calendar is made from a disc of bronze. 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 days. Around the edge of the table are
1789
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. French moving bar hilted sword, once owned by Captain Louis L'Heritier of L'Hercule (active 1798). The hilt is brass, was a flat pommel and plain back-piece. The guard has scalloped edges and where it widens to form the shell has a broad slo
1789
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. lines & profile
1789
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412. Pocket chronometer in a silver-gilt case, within a wooden deck box.
1789
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A chart of the track of the Scarborough, on her homeward passage, from Port Jackson, on the E. Coast of New South Wales, towards China; by Captain John Marshall.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:1 500 000]. Cartographic Note: Border graduated for lat &am
1789
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A merchant brig becalmed off a village with three windmills. Signed by artist and dated.
1789
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A Professor explaining the Polite Arts, to his Pupils. This engraving shows a group in an idealised room that is half laboratory and half library, apparently encompassing the whole range of knowledge understood in the phrase 'polite arts'. The p
1806
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A View taken near BAIN, on the Coast of Guinea in Affrica. Dedicated to the FEELING HEARTS in all Civilized Nations. Drawn by Richard Westall from a sketch taken in Africa by Carl Bernhard Wadstrom. It is a relatively unusual image on two grounds. Firs
1789
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Basingstoke shilling token. Basingstoke shilling token. Obverse: A barge under sail. Legend: 'BASINGSTOKE CANAL'. Exergue: '1789'. Reverse: A wheelbarrow with tools. Legend: 'IOHN PINKERTON'. Inscribed below: 'VALUE ONE
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Basingstoke shilling token. Basingstoke shilling token. Obverse: A barge under sail. Legend: 'BASINGSTOKE CANAL'. Exergue: '1789'. Reverse: A wheelbarrow with tools. Legend: 'IOHN PINKERTON'. Inscribed below: 'VALUE ONE
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Bertrand-Francois Mahe de la Bourdonnais. Plate No. 13.
1789
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Claude, Comte De Forbin, Chef D'Escadre, Chevalier De l' Ordre Royal et Militaire de St Louis ne' en 1656; mort en 1733. Plate No. 27.
1789
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Coconut bowl. Coconut bowl belonging to Lieutenant William Bligh (1754-1817) of the 'Bounty'. A smoothed and hollowed coconut shell, signed and dated 'W Bligh/April 1789' (initials and date are incised). Inscription in ink: 'The c
1789
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Departement de la Seine Inferieure. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: 1:86,400. Includes Fecamp and Le Havre. The map is linen backed and segmented for folding into a slip case. This is one of the 182 sheets of Cassini's map of France,
1789
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Jean Bart, Chef d'Escadre, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de St. Louis; ne a Dunkerque le 20 Octobre 1650; mort dans le meme ville le 27 Avril 1702. Plate no 29.
1789
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Joseph-Francois, Marquis Dupleix, Commandeur de l'Ordre Royal et Milite de St Louis, Commandant General des Etablisemens francois dans l' Inde, Gouvr pour le Roy des Ville et fort de Pondichery; ne a Landrecy en 1697; mort a Paris le 11 9bre 176
1789
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Le Port Neuf D' Honfleur. Vu du Chantier des Constructions. Technique includes engraving.
1789
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Lifeboat(1790-1810); Service vessel; Lifeboat; Greathead type. A contemporary full hull model of a Greathead lifeboat, circa 1790, built plank on frame at a scale of 1:12. The hull is double-ended with a distinct curve or sheer in shape and built with cli
Circa 1789
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Margaret Maskelyne (1785-1858). Daughter of the Astronomer Royal, half-length, in a white dress and blue sash, with a dog and Greenwich Park and the Royal Observatory forming the background. Margaret Maskelyne was born in Greenwich on 27 June 1785, the on
circa 1795-98
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Medal commemorating Admiral Nils Stjernschöld (1583-1627). Medal commemorating Admiral Nils Stjernschöld (1583-1627). Obverse: Shield bearing Admiral Stjernschöld's arms with crested helmet and scroll. Legend: 'NICOL . STJERNSCH&O
1789
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Medal commemorating George III's recovery of health, visit to St Pauls 1789. Medal commemorating George III's recovery of health, visit to St Pauls 1789. Obverse: Head of George III, laureate (right). Legend: 'GOD SAVE THE KING'. Insc

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Medal commemorating Louis XVI and the City of Paris. Medal commemorating Louis XVI and the City of Paris. Obverse: Bust of the King (right). Legend: 'LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS.' Exergue: 'VILLE DE PARIS.' Reverse: A female figu
1789
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Medal depicting William Pitt (1759-1806) and Edward Lord Thurlow (1731-1806). Commemorative medal depicting William Pitt (1759-1806) and Edward Lord Thurlow (1731-1806). Obverse: Bust of Pitt (right). Legend: 'THE RIGHT HON. W. PITT 1789'. Rever
1789
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Naval reward medal. Naval reward medal. Obverse: Short bust of Gustavus III with long hair (right). Legend: 'GUSTAF III SVERIGES KONUNG.' (Gustavus III, King of Sweden.) Reverse: Within a wreath of laurel adorned with antique prows. Inscriptio
1789
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Pierre-Andre De Suffren De Saint-Tropez. Text in French below image.
1789
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Pistol bullet. (Updated, August 2017) A pistol bullet mounted in a metal urn-shaped plate topped with a hanging ring. The plate is engraved on the front: 'This bullet 1/25th of a lb was the allowance of bread which supported 18 men for 48 days served
circa 1787
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Plain horn beaker. Plain horn beaker, which was previously inscribed in ink by Capt William Bligh, now lost: 'Allowance of water 3 times a day'. This beaker was used by Lieutenant William Bligh to measure rations during the voyage from Tofoa to
1789
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Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship [the 'Brooks' sometimes 'Brookes']. The first image of this Liverpool slave ship, the 'Brooks', was produced by William Elford and the Plymouth Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slav
1789
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Plan of the new settlements from Point a Bodet to Niagara comprehending the carrying places, the rivers & lakes to Lake Huron. Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: ca. 1:380 000 (bar). Additional Places: Canada.
1789
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Sliding keel designs by Captain Schank for an unnamed boat (1774) and and unnamed cutter (no date). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile of a boat with one long sliding keel built at Boston in 1774 for Lord Percy, Duke of Northumberland; and a section an
1789
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Two unnamed 56ft Mooring Lighters (circa 1789) and (1798). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer line with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with some fitting details, for an unknown 56ft Mooring Lighter for Chatham Dockyard (circa 1
20 April 1789
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Ville de Paris (1795); Hibernia (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Ville de Paris (1795), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan was later sent to Plymouth Dockyard for the Hibernia (1804), but rec
3 June 1789
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[Plan of the taking of Barasound in Finland]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Physical description Note: This chart has been copied by pricking holes along the coastlines and other features. Sheet folded to fit into a book. Scale: [ca. 1:14 000 (meas)]. Cartograph
1789
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Serpent (1789). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, inboard profile and upper deck for Serpent (1789), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as built at Plymouth. Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1784-1793].
13 February 1789
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A View of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford. This print of 1789 from Dodd's 'Dockyard' set shows the scale of activity in and around the Royal Dockyard at Deptford, which remained an important centre for the building and repair of the navy
25 March 1789
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Lady Hamilton as St Cecilia (Proof before title). Print
25 Mar 1789
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Sensibility, From the Original Picture, in the Possession of William Hayley, Esqr. Text in English below image.
25 Mar 1789
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Arthur Phillip Esq Captain General & Commander in Chief, in & over the Territory of New South Wales. Print
1 May 1789
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Lieut King. Publd May. 1. 1789 by J Stockdale. Piccadilly. Print
1 May 1789
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Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, midship section, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (
12 May 1789
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Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (1790), an 8-gun s
Dated: 28 May 1789
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Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck [upper deck] and hold with fore & aft platforms for Trial (1790), an 8-gun single-masted Cutter, with three sliding keels as proposed by Captain Schank.
28 May 1789
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Brunswick (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Brunswick (1790), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, built at Deptford Dockyard.
June 1789
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View of the Island of Ulietea with a double canoe & Boat House. Print
Jun 1789
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View of Portsmouth and the Masts of the Royal George as they appear this present year 1789. Print
1 Jun 1789
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A View of Botany Bay (includes HM ships Sirius and Supply). Botany Bay was so named after its abundance of flora and fauna, as found in May 1770 when Captain Cook landed there during his first Pacific voyage in the 'Endeavour' . Eighteen years
17 Jun 1789
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Robert Roddam Esq. Vice Admiral of the Red Commander in Chief &c &c &c, Portsmouth. Print
26 Jun 1789
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Robert Roddam Esqr. Vice Admiral of the Red Commander in Chief... Portsmouth. Print
26 Jun 1789
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...This View of the Town and Port of Oban.... Hand-coloured.
1 Jul 1789
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To George Mackenzie Macaulay...This Representation of the Ship Pitt, in the...East India Company, on her return from China off Dover, ..1787, is...Inscribed.... Print
20 Jul 1789
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Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel. Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 179
5 August 1789
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Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck with some details for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel. Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 1795].
5 August 1789
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Lieutt Shortland. Print
6 Aug 1789
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George III in HMS Southampton reviewing the fleet off Plymouth, 18 August 1789. 'George III in HMS Southampton reviewing the fleet off Plymouth, 18 August 1789'. The Carnatic is shown just right of the centre of the picture, heading the line of
1789
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Foudroyant (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Foudroyant (1798), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Plymouth Dockyard. A copy of this with the deck plans was sent to Plymouth Dockyard on 14 January 1790. The pencil altera
24 August 1789
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Elevation of the East front of the Boys School and Dormitory. An architectural elevation print of the east front of the Greenwich Hospital School building of 1783, designed by William Newton, Clerk of Works to the Hospital Surveyor of the time, James 
22 Sep 1789
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Elevation of the East front of the Infirmary. An architectural elevation print of the east front of the Infirmary of Greenwich Hospital, built to James 'Athenian' Stuart's design in 1764-68, but later considerably reconstructed including ad
22 Sep 1789
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European Magazine Broadstairs in the Isle of Thanet. Technique includes engraving.
1 Oct 1789
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The scene before Gibraltar. On the Morning of the 14th of September 1782. Stored in mount with PAH7809.
7 Oct 1789
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The Royal Dock Yard at Woolwich. Print, titled as above, from Dodd's 'Dockyard' set of six (1789-90). The subtitle states that 'This view is taken from the Thames opposite the New Offices looking down the River, and comprehends what is
29 October 1789
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View of Macaulay's Island. Print
5 Nov 1789
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An Ordnance Store Ship of 18 Guns... with a cargo of Fruit for the Sick of the Garrison of Gibraltar. Fighting her way between a Spanish Frigate of 36 Guns, a Xebeck of 18 Guns & 4 Gun Boats, in sight of the Garrison. Technique includes etching.
Dec 1789
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Lieut Watts. Print
8 Dec 1789
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