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'Slave on Deck'. In this image an enslaved African in chains stands on the deck of a ship holding a dagger in his hand as if about to kill himself. Although initialled on the back and dated 1801, the image first appeared as an engraving in the 1
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. Boat gun. The stock is fitted with two brass ramrod pipes and a steel ramrod. Long broad brass trigger guard and flat brass butt cap. Fitted with iron swivel yoke. The lock was a flintlock (which is missing). The barrel is made of steel, tapering toward
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. Calendar for the single year of 1793. 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
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. deck
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. deck, orlop
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. frame
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. French cutlass, the hilt of the cutlass consists of an octagonal steel grip, steel guard, flat steel shell and an up-turned quillon. The curved, flat-backed steel blade has a broad groove running almost to the point. The obverse of the blade is engraved
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. Inboard profile plan
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. John Hind, London c.1793 2 day marine chronometer in mahogany box Hind…. Box/Mounting Box adapted from a small, three tier mahogany chronometer box of about 1830, the whole now measuring 121mm high, 164mm wide, and 157mm deep. The box re
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. lines
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. lines & profile
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. Lower deck plan
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. platform
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. Presentation small-sword which belonged to Rear-Admiral John Macbride (d.1800). The enamelled gold hilt is apparently unmarked. The knuckle-bow guard with ring inset is decorated in the same manner as the urn-shaped pommel. There are upturned quillons a
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. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Hornet (1794), Cormorant (1794), Favourite (1794), Lynx (1794), Hazard (1794), Lark (1794), and Stork (1796), all 16-gun Ship Sloops. The plan was later altered in 1805 and used to build Hyacinth (1806), He
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. The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets with a frog button on the top locket and a ring on each locket, and chape. The scabbard was made in England, especially to fit this cutlass.
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. Three steel screws associated with ZAA0007 Marine chronometer.
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. Upper deck plan
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26ft Launch (1795). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail and half-longititude deck plan for a 26 ft Launch (1795)
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A fishing junk. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist and dated.
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A Pleasure Junk. In 1792 Alexander went to China as a draughtsman attached to Lord Macartney's embassy. The other official artist was Thomas Hickey. Alexander returned two years later with many sketches, some of which were used to illustrate Sir Geor
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A storm, with an anchored ship in distress off rocky coast. A spectacular imaginary rendering of imminent shipwreck, the red ensign being flown upside-down as a signal of distress. It appears to show a two-decker naval warship, with her ports closed, ridi
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Alert (1793); Albacore (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Alert (1793) and Albacore (1793), both 16-gun Ship Sloops with quarterdeck and forecastle. The plan inclu
24 April 1793
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Alert (1793); Albacore (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for the Alert (1793) and Albacore (1793), both 16-gun Ship Sloops with quarterdeck and forecastle, to be built by Messrs Randall & Co at Rotherhithe.
30 April 1793
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Alert (1793); Albacore (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for the Alert (1793) and Albacore (1793), both 16-gun Ship Sloops with quarterdeck and forecastle, to be built by Messrs Randall & Co at Rotherhithe. The plan includes penc
20 May 1793
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Alert (1793); Albacore (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck and fore & aft platforms for the Alert (1793) and Albacore (1793), both 16-gun Ship Sloops with quarterdeck and forecastle, to be built by Messrs Randall & Co at Rotherhithe.
20 May 1793
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Alert (1793); Albacore (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and quarterdeck and forecastle for the Alert (1793) and Albacore (1793), both 16-gun Ship Sloops with quarterdeck and forecastle. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy,
20 May 1793
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American vessel Harriet of Georgetown leaving a Dutch coast. Plate 4. Print
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An actual survey of the Varne & Ridge; taken by order of John MacBride, Esqr, Rear Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief in the Downs &c.. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: ca. 1:80 000 (bar). Contents Note: There is
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Anse de Gijon. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:12 500 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Additional Places: Bay of Biscay, Spain.
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Anse et barre de Bilbao, d'apres le plan leve en 1789 par Don Vicente Tofino. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:20 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Additional Places: Bay of Biscay, Spain.
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Anse et havre de Corcubion depuis le Cap Finisterre jusqu'a la Pte de Caldebarcos, d'apres le plan leve en 1786 par Don Vicente Tofino. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:40 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Scale in milles m
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Armed Dutch vessels at anchor near a coast. Plate 2. Print
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Baie de Palme [and six other plans in the Balearics]. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: Scales vary. Additional Places: Spain. Contents Note: The other six plans are: Port-Pi, Port de Andrache, Port de Soller, Port de l'Ile Cab
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Baie port et ville de St Sebastien capitale du Guipuzcoa, d'apres le plan leve en 1788 par Don Vte. Tofino officier de la Marine d'Espagne; publie par ordre du Ministre pour le service des vaisseaux de la Republique Francaise au Depot des Cartes
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Bermuda Penny. Bermuda Penny. Obverse: Bust of King George III, laureate (right). Legend: 'GEORGIVS III . D . G . REX.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail. Legend: 'BERMUDA'. Exergue: '1793'.
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British naval vessel with other shipping off a Dutch coast (Plate 1). Print
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Caesar (1793); Warship; 80 guns. Scale: 1:48. A block model of the type often used in the design of ships, and later for exhibit at the naval museum in Somerset House in the Strand, London. The ‘Caesar’ was a rare example of a British-built,
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Carte des environs de Commune-Affranchie, ou sont representes les travaux du siege soutenu par cette ville rebelle pendant les mois d'Aout et de Septembre 1793.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:11 000 (bar). Cartographic No
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Case - celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Trade winds and monsoons on the globe are indicated by arrows. California is drawn as a peninsula. Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the discoveries of Cook, whose death
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Cavalry embarking at Blackwall, 1793. This is an interpretation of an embarkation of cavalry from Perry's Brunswick Dock, Blackwall. The troops are thought to be on their way to Ostend, where they were ordered for foreign service and the event shown
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Charon (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Charon (1783), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, as fitted for an Hospital Ship at Woolwich Dockyard in December 1793.
Circa December 1793
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Charon (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Charon (1783), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, as fitted for an Hospital Ship at Woolwich Dockyard in December 1793.
Circa December 1793
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Charon (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (quarterdeck and forecastle with the covered waist) for Charon (1783), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, as fitted for an Hospital Ship at Woolwich Dockyard in December 1793.
Circa December 1793
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Charon (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Charon (1783), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, as fitted for an Hospital Ship at Woolwich Dockyard in December 1793.
Circa December 1793
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Cormorant (1794); Favourite (1794); Hornet (1794); Hazard (1794); Lark (1794); Lynx (1794); Stork (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Cormorant (1794), Favourite (1794), Hornet (1794), Hazard (1794), Lark (179
April 1793
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Cormorant class (1793), and modified Cormorant class (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms for Hornet (1794), Cormorant (1794), Favourite (1794), Lynx (1794), Hazard (1794), Lark (1794), and Stork (1796), all 16-gun Ship Sloops.
Circa May 1793
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Cormorant class (1793), and modified Cormorant class (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, inboard profile, and upper deck for Hornet (1794), Cormorant (1794), Favourite (1794), Lynx (1794), Hazard (1794), Lark (1794), and Sto
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Cote meridionale d'Espagne depuis Cadiz jusque'au Cap de Palos et cote septentrionale d'Afrique depuis le Cap Spartel jusqu'au Cap de Tenez. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [ca. 1:800 000]. Cartographic Note: G
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Duke of York's Standard (1763-1801). Royal Standard of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). Silk with a linen hoist, with the design painted on. The provenance is via Captain John Manley (1745-1816) who commanded the frigate '
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Dutch cargo vessels near a coast and a British sailing vessel at anchor. Plate 5. Print
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Emsworth halfpenny token. Emsworth halfpenny token. Obverse: A dove with an olive branch and the horn of plenty. Legend: 'PEACE AND PLENTY'. Reverse: A female figure seated, an anchor by her side (right), her right hand resting on a globe, a cro
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