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'Boyne' (1810); 'Union' (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Boyne' (1810), and later for 'Union' (1811), both 98-gun Second Rate, three-decker, building at Portsmouth and Plymouth Dockya
January 1808
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'Illustrious' (1803); 'Albion' (1802); 'Hero' (1803); 'Fame' (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Illustrious' (1803), 'Albion' (1802), 'Hero' (1803), and 'Fa
April 1800
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'Illustrious' (1803); 'Albion' (1802); 'Hero' (1803); 'Marlborough' (1807); 'York' (1807); 'Hannibal' (1810); 'Sultan' (1807); 'Royal Oak' (1809); 'Victorious' (1808
31 January 1800
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'Leda' (1800); 'Shannon' (1806); 'Leonidas' (1807); 'Surprise' (1812); 'Lacedemonian' (1812); 'Tenedos' (1812); 'Lively' (1804); 'Trinocomalee' (1817); 'Amphitrite'
9 July 1796
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'Prueba' (1800); Warship; Frigate; 38 guns. Scale: 1:48. A model of the starboard side of 'Prueba' (1800), a 38 gun warship made entirely in wood and painted in realistic colours. The hull below the waterline is painted brown and black
1800
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'Sceptre' (1802); 'Repulse' (1803); 'Eagle' (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun (lower) deck for 'Sceptre' (1802), 'Repulse' (1803) and 'Eagle' (1804), all 74-gun Third Rate, two deckers.
Circa May 1800
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'Sceptre' (1802); 'Repulse' (1803); 'Eagle' (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Sceptre' (1802), 'Repulse' (1803) and 'Eagle' (1804), all 74-gun Thir
Circa May 1800
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'Sceptre' (1802); 'Repulse' (1803); 'Eagle' (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Sceptre' (1802); 'Repulse' (1803); 'Eagle' (1804), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-dec
Circa May 1800
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'Sceptre' (1802); 'Repulse' (1803); 'Eagle' (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Sceptre' (1802), 'Repulse' (1803) and 'Eagle' (1804), all 74gun Third Rate two deckers.
Circa May 1800
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'Sceptre' (1802); 'Repulse' (1803); 'Eagle' (1804); 'Belleisle' (1819); 'Malabar' (1818); 'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth fo
30 January 1800
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'Swiftsure' (1804); 'Victorious' (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Swiftsure' (1804), and later 'Victorious' (1808), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, to be built at Bucklers Hard by Mess
December 1800
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. A Pratt ware figure of a sailor. The hollow base, painted in various colours, is extended behind the figure to support it and has an anchor in relief, painted brown. The sailor's left arm rests on the anchor with his hand in his trouser pocket, hi
1800
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. A tellurium is a model that represents the motions of the Moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun. This example, by an unknown maker, has a base consisting of two wooden discs separated by twelve small pilasters. Hand-coloured lithographed pa
circa 1800
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. An overglaze enamel painted earthenware figure group of a sailor and lass, with a background of moulded flowers and foliage. She sits on a wall on a green mound wearing a pink dress, flowered petticoat, green apron and yellow bonnet. The sailor stands b
1800
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. Creamware mug, transfer-printed with a view of ships in action representing the Battle of the Nile, 1798. It is inscribed 'Lord Nelson engaging the Toulon Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile', 'The young Alexander of France/May boast of his p
1800
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1800
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1800
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1800
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. deck, orlop
1800
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1800
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. figurehead 38 guns, Fifth Rate. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 275 states that 'Topaze' (1793) arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1799 and was docked on 3 October. She was undocked on 14 October 1799 and sailed on 25 Decembe
1800
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. foremast
1800
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. frame
1800
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. French light cavalry-type sword, which belonged to Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (1764-1819). The hilt of the sword consists of a straight gilt stirrup guard, a shell pommel and a trailing quillon ending in an upturned lion's head. The sword
1800
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. Inboard profile plan
1800
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. Inboard profile plan
1800
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. Large Oriental vase, made of glazed stoneware with overglaze painted decoration on a duck egg blue glaze. The iconography includes symbols of the eight Doaist immortals, Qilin, fo dogs, four- toed dragons, goldfish, ducks, bats, tiger cats, bows and arr
1800
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. lines Signed by Thomas Mitchell [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1795-1801]. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 253, states that 'Oiseau' arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 11 June 1800 and was docked on 24 June. She was undocked on 5
Circa 1800
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1800
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1800
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1800
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1800
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1800
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. lines & profile Check progress Book for her capture details - 1799 or 1800 and which ship.
1800
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. lines & profile NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 739, states that 'Desiree' (1800) arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 12 July 1800, was docked on 23 August, and sailed on 10 November 1800 having been fitted. The work cost £10,258.
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. lines & profile
1800
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. Lower deck plan
1800
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. Lower deck plan
1800
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. Nelson's cabin armchair. Mahogany armchair, upholstered in black leather with separate cushions, and finished with lines of brass studs to front rail. It was part of Nelson's cabin furniture from HMS 'Victory'. The third Earl Nelson
circa 1800
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. One of a pair of stained beechwood elbow chairs with rush seats and turned spindle back rails and turned legs. From Merton Place, the home that Horatio Nelson purchased for himself, Emma Hamilton and their daughter Horatia. The other chair is AAA3459. M
1800
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. One of a pair of stained beechwood elbow chairs with rush seats and turned spindle back rails and turned legs. The other being AAA3460. These chairs came from Merton Place, the home that Emma Hamilton chose and Horatio Nelson purchased for his own occup
1800
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. platform
1800
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. Presentation sword, which belonged to Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817). The hilt of the sword consists of a knuckle-bow guard, box-shaped pommel and langets. The guard is engraved with foliage. The top of the pommel is engraved with a sword
1800
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. Scabbard for a presentation sword, which belonged to Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth 1748-1817.
1800
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. screw cutting machine
1800
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. screw cutting machine
1800
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. sheer & profile
1800
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. Silver desk seal with an ivory handle. The seal is decorated with a depiction of the arms of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in use between 1798-1801, and a baron's coronet. It is said that Nelson used the seal at the Battle of Copenhagen o
1800
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. Tablecloth. With a pattern of sprigs with grapevines and bundles of barley; in blue cross stitch the initials 'H N' with '1800' below. Provenance - Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).
1800
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. Three steel screws and a pin associated with ZAA0003 watch in silver pair case.
1800
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. Upper deck plan
1800
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. Upper deck plan
1800
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. Upper deck plan
1800
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. Wooden mantle clock case with a gilt metal dial mask.

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A chart of Basses Straight between New South Wales and Van Diemans Land surveyed by Lieut. Flinders of HMS Reliance, by order of ... Governor Hunter, 1798-9.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [ca. 1:1 000 000]. Cartographic Note: G
1800
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A chart of the colony of Surinam, on the coast of Guyana.. Four sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 336 degrees. Graduated. Soundings and seabed soundings shown. Scale in nautical miles
1800
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A chart of the colony of Surinam, on the coast of Guyana.. Four sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 336 degrees. Graduated. Soundings and seabed soundings shown. Scale in nautical miles
1800
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A chart of the colony of Surinam, on the coast of Guyana.. Four sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 336 degrees. Graduated. Soundings and seabed soundings shown. Scale in nautical miles
1800
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A chart of the colony of Surinam, on the coast of Guyana.. Four sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 336 degrees. Graduated. Soundings and seabed soundings shown. Scale in nautical miles
1800
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A fishing boat brought ashore near Conway Castle. Philippe de Loutherbourg was one of many artists who interpreted the scenery around Conway in the late-18th and early 19th centuries. In this version, the castle looms high on a hill to the left, silhouett
1800
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A new chart of the Eastern Straits to China drawn from the best authorities by Wm. Heather. 1800. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Modern replacement blue backing. Scale: [ca. 1:500 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated, Greenwich meridian. Rhumbs. Contents Note:
1800
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A new plan of Egypt shewing the entrances to the Nile etc. Segmented sheet. Physical description Note: Coat of arms of Lord Nelson and 3 medallion portraits, of Nelson, Earl St Vincent and Sir Edward Berry, glued onto sheet, Map is folded into a slip-case
1800
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A sketch of the River Tagus from the Bar of Alcacova up to Coffin's Hole. Single sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:120 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated, rhumb lines. Sandbanks & soundings. Scale in English miles. Additional Places: Lisbon.
1800
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Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Within a band, decorated and inscribed, a perforated badge of oval form showing on either side 'Ville de Paris', beflagged, under sail; a nav
1800
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Brouillon du combat pres de Neubourg le 27 Juin 1800. Single sheet. Col ms. Scale: 1:120 000 (bar). Additional Places: Austria. Contents Note: The text describes the action on 26 and 27 June 1800, There is a key to the French and the Austrian, Bavarian an
1800
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Cadiz 1797. The inshore blockading squadron under Nelson in the Theseus. A port-broadside view of the Theseus in the foreground, connected to its ship’s boat on the right, shown with the blockading squadron at Cadiz in 1797, all anchored. In the far
1800
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Carta esferica del Oceano Meridional desde el Equador hasta 60 grados de latitud y desde el Cabo de Hornos hasta el Canal de Mozambique. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [ca. 1:12 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated Mercator cha
1800
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Carta esferica que comprehende la costa ocidental de America desde siete grados de latitud sur hasta nueve grados de latitud norte. Levantada de orden del Rey NS en 1791.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [ca. 1:2 500 000]. Cartogr
1800
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Carta generale del Oceano Atlantico u ocidental desde 52o. de latitud norte hasta el Equador. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [ca. 1:12 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated Mercator chart, meridian through Cadiz. Additional Plac
1800
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Conqueror (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the plan and section for fitting the magazine to Conqueror (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Harwich.
1800
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Courageaux (1800). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the underside beams of the upper deck for Courageaux (1800), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the battening for slinging hammocks. Note that eight hammocks are shown in pencil. Signed by John Kn
Circa September 1800
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Emma, Lady Hamilton, 1761 - 1815. The pair to PAJ3939, showing Nelson, this pastel portrait of Emma is signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower left, 'Schmidt / 1800'. Schmidt was artist to the ducal court of Saxony at Dresden. He drew thi
1800
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Gannet (1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Gannet (1800), a 16-gun Brig Sloop purchased in March 1800 from Mr King of Dover and
Circa March 1800
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Gannet (1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck and hold, and upper deck for Gannet (1800), a 16-gun Brig Sloop purchased in March 1800 from Mr King of Dover and completed at Chatham Dockyard. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
Circa March 1800
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Hassan Pacha, surnomme le Conquerant Grand Amiral de Turquie pendant il ans Grand Vizir en 1789 mort en 1790 age to 75 ans regrette et de sa Patrie et del Ennemi. Print
1800
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Helden (1799) ex Dutch Heldin (1796). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for Helden (1799), a captured Dutch Frigate, as taken off as fitted at Deptford Dockyard, a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate. Initialled E.P.T. (Master Shipwright, D
October 1800
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Helden (1799), ex Dutch Helden (1796). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Helden (1799), a captured Dutch Frigate, as taken off and fitted at Deptford Dockyard, a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate. Initialled E.P.T. (Master Shipwright, Deptford Do
October 1800
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Helden (1799), ex Dutch Helden (1796). Scale 1:48. Plan showing thebody plan, sternboard outline with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and stern decoration and figurehead, and longitudinal half breadth for Helden (1799), a captured Dutch
31st October 1800
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Heldin (1799) ex Dutch Heldin (1796). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for Helden (1799), a captured Dutch Frigate, as taken off and fitted at Deptford Dockyard, a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate. Initialled E.T [Edward Tippet] (Master Shipwright,
October 1800
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Horatio Nelson, 1758 -1805, Vice Admiral of the White. Pastel portait of Nelson, when a rear-admiral, by Johann Heinrich Schmidt. It was done at Dresden, Saxony, in October 1800 by Schmidt, who was artist to the ducal court there. It is signed and dated u
1800
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Jamaica (1798) [ex French, Percante (1795)]. Plan showing the sheer lines with one water line, also with inboard detail alterations pproposed and approved for repairing and fitting Jamaica (1798) [ex Percante (1795)], as captured French Sixth Rate as tak
January 1800
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Medal commemorating Commodore Thomas Truxton (1755-1822 ) and the action between USS 'Constellation' and 'La Vengeance', 1800. Medal commemorating Commodore Thomas Truxton (1755-1822) and the action between USS 'Constellation'
1800
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Medal commemorating the 'Ouzel Galley' Society. Medal commemorating the 'Ouzel Galley' Society. Obverse: An ancient ship with towers and sail furled; below, the same motto. Legend: 'OUZEL GALLEY'. Reverse: A figure of Justice
1800
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Medal commemorating the relief of the Ionian Islands, 1800. Medal commemorating the relief of the Ionian Islands, 1800. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Ushakov in uniform and orders (right). Legend in Russian (The valiant and pious Russian Admiral Feodor Ushakov
1800
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Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (left), pigtail. Full uniform, ribbon and star of Bath, and medal round neck. Legend: �
1800
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Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (left), pigtail. Full uniform, ribbon and star of Bath, and medal round neck. Legend: �
1800
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Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (left), pigtail. Full uniform, ribbon and star of Bath, and medal round neck. Legend: �
1800
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Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Medal commemorating the return home of Admiral Lord Nelson, 1800. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (left), pigtail. Full uniform, ribbon and star of Bath, and medal round neck. Legend: �
1800
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Medal commemorating the return home of Lord Nelson, 1800. Medal commemorating the return home of Lord Nelson, 1800. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) (left), with pigtail. Full uniform, ribbon and star of Bath, and medal round neck
1800
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Nelson. original art: drawing
1800
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Paul Jones. original art: drawing
1800
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Plan de la bataille du 3 Decembre 1800, entre Haag et Hohenlinden en Baviere. Single sheet. Col ms. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:90 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 85 degrees. Scale in feet. Contents Note: The Austrian and French infantry
1800
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Plan of the Isle of Trinidad from actual surveys made in the year 1797.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Physical description Note: Coloured in outline. Scale: 1:210 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Graduated, meridian of Port of Spain. Con
1800
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