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'Neptune' (1797); 'Temeraire' (1798); 'Dreadnought' (1801); 'Ocean' (1805). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the bow inboard side elevation, stern quarter inboard elevation, a section through the bow at Station 24, and a se
February 1792
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. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver, old English pattern table fork owned by Lt. Robert Orme Sargent. It was obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said that they had found the m
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting of a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, leaning with her right hand on t
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, a large anchor resting besi
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, breasts bared, seated on a
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, dancing on the seashore wit
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, her right hand grasping a s
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, her right hand resting on t
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, leaning with her left hand
1792
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, resting her left hand on a
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated under a cliff face,
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, standing on the seashore, g
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, walking along a seashore, h
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. Dinner plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress. She stands on a rocky shore
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. Goblet
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. lines & profile
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. Oval meat dish, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is an oval grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, reclining on the se
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. Oval meat dish, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is an oval grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated on a rock by
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. Oval meat dish, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is an oval grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated on a rock ho
1792
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. Oval meat dish, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is an oval grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated on a rock ho
1792
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. Oval meat dish, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is an oval grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated on a rock, h
1792
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. Soup plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated on a rock and seen in
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. Soup plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, right breast bare. She is sea
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. Soup plate, part of a service belonging to HRH the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837). In the centre, surrounded by gold decoration is a grisaille painting showing a figure representing Hope, in classical dress, seated on a rock on the seash
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. ventilator
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Birmingham halfpenny token. Birmingham halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790) in a cocked hat, pigtail and uniform (left). Legend: 'GENERAL ELLIOT.' Reverse: A fleur-de-lis. Legend: 'BIRMINGHAM HALFPENN
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Captain William Bligh, 1754-1817. The original pastel portrait by Russell - which is not in oval format - with its pair of Bligh's wife Elizabeth (nee Betham), is now in the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby, to which both were allocated in 2002 a
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Chart of the track and discoveries of the East India Company's cruizers Panther and Endeavour under the command of Lieut. John McCluer. 1790, 1791 & 1792.. Single sheet. Engr. Physical description Note: Ink smudged on left border. Scale: [ca.1:1
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Coalbrook Dale halfpenny token. Coalbrook Dale halfpenny token. Obverse: View of a bridge with a vessel sailing under it, inscription above. Legend: 'IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE 1792'. Inscription: 'ERECTED ANNO 1779, SPAN 100 FEET'.
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English men of war in the Downs. Signed and dated by artist, lower right. [The suggested location is questionable since (I think) there was no light on the South Foreland at this time. PvdM 8/12]
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Golfo di Napoli. Bound sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:450 000]. Cartographic Note: Meridian of Paris. Graduated. Soundings and anchorages shown. A chart from Atlante Marittimo delle due Sicilie.
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Greenwich from the Isle of Dogs. (Updated, January 2016) A scene of the Thames at Greenwich viewed from a landing point on the Isle of Dogs. The bank running along the north shore, in the left foreground of the picture, is shown built-up. This was done to
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Guillotine blade. This guillotine blade, still mounted with rivets to its original lead weighted wooden block, was used on the West Indian island of Guadeloupe by French republicans during revolutionary struggles there. It is said to have been used to exe
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Halfpenny token commemorating John Wilkinson, ironmaster. Halfpenny token commemorating John Wilkinson, ironmaster. Obverse: Bust of the ironmaster in a tie-wig. Legend: 'JOHN WILKISON IRON MASTER.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a brig or a s
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Karta Tobolskago Namestnichestva. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Physical description Note: Boundaries coloured. Scale: 1:5 000 000 (bar). Additional Places: Tobolsk, Siberia. Contents Note: The map records the tracks of Arctic explorer
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Newport halfpenny token. Newport halfpenny token. Obverse: Robert Bird Wilkin in a tie-wig and high collared coat (left). Legend: 'ROBERT BIRD WILKINS'. Reverse: A single-masted antique boat with sail set. Legend: 'ISLE OF WIGHT HALFPENNY 1
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Nouveau plan routier de la ville et faubourgs de Paris divise en 48 sections d'apres le Decret de l'Assemblee N.ale.. Single sheet. Outline col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:10 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Scale in toises. Conte
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Plan des havres de Ferrol, Betanze et la Corogne d'apres les plans leves par D. Vic. Tofino en 1787.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:45 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: El Ferrol, Beta
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Prince of Wales (1794). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing sections through the roof, the profile above the waterline illustrating the roof frames, and the longitudinal half-breadth of the roof outline for Prince of Wales (1794), a 98-gun Second Rate, three-decker
19 November 1792
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Sheet 1 (Marylebone, Paddington) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium: Two original she
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Sheet 1 (Old Street, Shoreditch) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Two original sh
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Sheet 2 (Bethnal Green) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Two original sheets have
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Sheet 2 (Pentonville, Somers Town, Islington, Clerkenwell) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr
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Sheet 3 (City of London, Whitechapel) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Two origin
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Sheet 3 (Oxford Street, Grosvenor Square, Hyde Park) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medi
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Sheet 4 (Mile End, Stepney, Shadwell, Limehouse) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium:
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Sheet 4 (Soho, City of London) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium: Two original sheet
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Sheet 5 (Bermondsey, Tower of London) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Two origin
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Sheet 5 (Hyde Park, Kensington, Knightsbridge, St James) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr.
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Sheet 6 (Rotherhithe, Poplar) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Two original sheet
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Sheet 6 (Westminster, Southwark, Lambeth) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium: Two ori
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Sheet 7 (Sloane Square, Chelsea, Pimlico) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium: Two ori
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Sheet 7 (Walworth) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium: Two original sheets have been
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Sheet 8 (Deptford) from the east half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium: Two original sheets have been
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Sheet 8 (Millbank, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Kennington) from the west half of the: 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house'. Edition: 1st edn. Single sheet. Hand col engr. Medium:
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Shipbuilding on the Thames at Redriff. A scene on south bank of the Thames at Rotherhithe, looking east to the tower of St Anne's church, Limehouse. Two ships are shown on the right, viewed from the starboard quarter and flying the red ensign. Both a
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Smugglers. (Updated, January 2016) The painter George Morland (1763-1804) largely specialized in rural landscape subjects and characters, including some coastal and shipwreck compositions, of which this is one of several on the popular topic of smuggling.
circa 1793
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Tartar (1757). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the fore platform for Tartar (1757), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate. Annotation: top right: "A copy of this was given to Mr Binmer to be sent to the Overseer ye 26th June 1792." NMM, Progress Book, volume 5
c. June 1792
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Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include marked and labelled locations of the antipodes for five cities, for example 'Londini', 'Norimbergae' and 'Viennae'. Tasmania is not
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The 'Charlotte of Chittagong' and other vessels at anchor in the River Hoogli. This shows two views of the snow 'Charlotte, Chittagong' at anchor in the Hoogli River off Calcutta. She is shown in stern view on the left, with the name v
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The Peninsula of India from the Kistnah River to Cape Comorin. Scale: 1:2,200,000 (bar)
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Unnamed Dutch barge [?] (1792). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the measured perspective from the port bow of an unnamed Dutch barge [?] (1792), with her leeboard raised and incomplete rigging. Drawn by James Martin Hilhouse.
1792
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Yarmouth halfpenny token. Yarmouth halfpenny token. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail. Legend: 'YARMOUTH HALFPENNY'. Below: '1792'. Reverse: Coat of arms of the borough within crossed oak branches. Leg
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[Seringapatam - attack of Lord Cornwallis]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Additional Places: India, Mysore. Contents Note: There is a key to the locations numbered on the plan.
1792
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The Harbour of Dublin from the Light House to the City. Print
Jan 1792
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Captain Cartwright visiting his Fox-traps. Technique includes etching.
22 Jan 1792
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The Elizabeth Page 218. Print
24 Jan 1792
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The Elizabeth Vide Page 228. Print
24 Jan 1792
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The Grafton. Page 246. Technique includes engraving.
24 Jan 1792
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. Frontispiece to the Senator. Vol. IV. Drawn from Life by R. Corbould, Engraved by C Warren. Technique includes etching.
13 Feb 1792
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George Lord Rodney. Engraved For The Senator. Print
24 Mar 1792
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The Abolition of the Slave Trade (caricature). Hand-coloured graphic print relating to the notorious case of Captain John Kimber of the merchant ship Recovery. In the House of Commons on 2 April 1792, William Wilberforce accused Kimber of brutally assault
10 April 1792
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The Abolition of the Slave Trade. Cruikshank’s print relates to the notorious case of Captain John Kimber of the merchant ship Recovery. In the House of Commons on 2 April 1792, William Wilberforce accused Kimber of brutally assaulting and murdering
10 April 1792
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William Wilberforce, 1759-1833, Drawn from Life. Etching entitled 'Wilberforce - Drawn from Life' with the following inscription below: Nature imprints upon what e'er we see, / That has a heart and life in it -- Be free. / London pub April
28 April 1792
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Alfonso de Albuquerque, A.D.1509. Governor of India. Literary Magazine. Print
1 May 1792
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Galic Perfidy, or the National Troops Attachment to their General after their Defeat at Tournay (caricature). Hand-coloured.
12 May 1792
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References to the print of the Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the morning of the 27th of Novr 1781. Hand-coloured.
25 May 1792
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Greenwich Hospital. From 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames... with Observations on the Public Buildings and otherworks of Art in its Vicinity' by Samuel Ireland. This illustration is one of Samuel Ireland's series of 'Picturesque
June 1792
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An English Privateer bringing in La Monsieur, a French Prize (caricature). Hand-coloured.
3 Jun 1792
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Emma, Lady Hamilton. Print. Inscribed 'Emma 1791' on the original drawing, which she gave to the collector Richard Payne Knight, with whom the Hamiltons were staying in late 1791 at Downton Castle, Herts, when Lawrence made it there.
Published 20 July 1792
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Greenwich Hospital. Plate 13 from a series. A rustically fanciful view from the Isle of Dogs, with a Naval sailor and his lass in the foreground and anglers on the right. The breeze is taking vessels down stream but those coming up are flat-aback and poss
1 August 1792
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Lion (1777) [alternative spelling Lyon]. No scale. Plan showing the quarter deck, after part of the upper deck, and after part of the lower deck for Lyon (1777), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as modfied and fitted for the reception of Lord Macartney,
20 August 1792
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Captain John Hunter. Print
9 Sep 1792
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Captain John Hunter. Print
9 Sep 1792
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The Rabbits. A copper engraving depicting a black street vendor selling rabbits to a fashionably dressed white woman. She picks up one of the dead rabbits by the leg and says ‘O la, how it smells – sure it’s not fresh’. The kneelin
8 October 1792
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View of an Italian Sea Port. Plate No.2.
2 Nov 1792
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'Royal Escape' (1792). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan for 'Royal Escape' (1792), a 62ft single-masted sailing Lighter,
circa December 1792
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