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'Princess Caroline' (captured 1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Princess Caroline' (captured 1807), a captured
29 June 1809
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'Rainha de Portugal' (circa 1791) [alternative spelling: 'Rainho de Portugal']. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Rainha de Portugal&#
29 June 1809
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. Adjustable crutch from astronomical regulator ZAA0591.
1809
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. bomb bed
1809
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. Brass weight pulley contained in plastic bag.

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. deck
1809
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. deck, orlop NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 371, states that 'Iris' was at Woolwich Dockyard between April and December 1809 for small repairs. It also records that the 'Oak Timbers from Holstein was used in the general Repairs of t
1809
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. deck, orlop
1809
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. deck, quarter & forecastle NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 371, states that 'Iris' was at Woolwich Dockyard between April and December 1809 for small repairs. It also records that the 'Oak Timbers from Holstein was used in the g
1809
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1809
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. frame
1809
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. gun
1809
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. Inboard profile plan
1809
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. Iron mounting stud associated with ZAA0591 regulator.
1809
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. lines
1809
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. lines & profile 36-gun Fifth Rate Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 417, states that 'Nymphen' (1807) arrived at Chatham Dockyard on 9 November 1807, recoppered in November 1808, and sailed on 9 March 1809 after having been fitte
1809
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. lines & profile NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 371, states that 'Iris' was at Woolwich Dockyard between April and December 1809 for small repairs. It also records that the 'Oak Timbers from Holstein was used in the general Repa
Circa April to December 1809
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. lines & profile Note for cataloguing: Sir James Sumerez was C in C Baltic during this time, and had friendly relationship with the Swedes. JM Oct 2010
1809
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. lines & profile
1809
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. Lower deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 371, states that 'Iris' was at Woolwich Dockyard between April and December 1809 for small repairs. It also records that the 'Oak Timbers from Holstein was used in the general Repairs
1809
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. Lower deck plan
1809
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. magazine
1809
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. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth surface port broadside view of a battleship under full sail. Inscription below: 'IMPETUEX' (sic). Reverse: Inscribed within a decorated border a monogram 'JC'. 'M.A.G.' Below, 'A.M.C. 1809
1809
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. Pendulum from astronomical regulator ZAA0591.
1809
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. platform
1809
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. section, midship
1809
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. Suspension from astronomical regulator ZAA0591.
1809
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. Upper deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 371, states that 'Iris' was at Woolwich Dockyard between April and December 1809 for small repairs. It also records that the 'Oak Timbers from Holstein was used in the general Repairs
1809
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. Upper deck plan
1809
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. Weight from astronomical regulator ZAA0591.
1809
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. Winding key from astronomical regulator ZAA0591.
1809
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A packet off Liverpool. An early work by the artist painted when he was living and working in Liverpool. It is set in the Mersey with the buildings of Liverpool carefully delineated in the distance. The small 24-gun ship in the foreground is shown in broa
1809
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A smack running into a cove in a heavy sea. No additional information is recorded about this somewhat faded but lively drawing, though the smack (a cutter-rigged fishing boat) and ship beyond suggest that the location, if not imaginary, is probably somewh
1809
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A trigonometrical survey of Plymouth Sound, by William Chapman, Master in the Royal Navy, 1809.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Backed with blue paper. Scale: [ca.1:12 000]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Variation shown. Soundings. Scales in Nautical miles
1809
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Algesiras (fl.1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Algesiras (fl.1808), a Spanish 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, surrendered to Spanish patriots at Cadiz on
29 December 1809
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Allart (captured 1807) [alternative spelling: Alart]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer line with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Allart (captured 1807), a captured Danish brig after fitting as an 1
5 July 1809
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An eight-day sidereal regulator, mounted within a stone block at the southern end of the Airy transit circle by William Hardy, London, circa 1811. An eight-day sidereal regulator, mounted within a stone block at the southern end of the Airy transit circle
circa 1811
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Apotheosis of Nelson. An engraving after the painting ‘The Immortality of Nelson’ by Benjamin West, BHC2905. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807 the painting was part of West’s concept for a monument commemorating Nelson. The engravin
1809
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Book of Shipping by R Ackermann, No 96 Strand. Album of bound prints PAD7610 - PAD7613.
1809
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Chart of the Red Sea delineating the coast of Abyssinia from the Straits of Bab Elmandeb to Salaka from observations made in the Honorable Company's cruizer Panther and Assaye tender AD 1804/5. Two sheets. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [
1809
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Christian VII (captured 1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Christian VII (captured 1807), a captured Danish 80-gun Third Rate. The plan shows the ship aft
29 June 1809
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Cretan (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheerlines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cretan (captured 1808), a captured Franco-Venetian 12-gun Brig Sloop, as tak
August-early September 1809
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Cretan (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Cretan (captured 1808), a captured Franco-Venetian 12-gun Brig Sloop, as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard.
August-early September 1809
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Danmark (1807) [alternative spelling: Dannemark/Dannmark]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Denmark' (1807), a captured Danish Third Rate, as taken
29 June 1809
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Death of Nelson on board the Victory. Technique includes etching.
1809
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Elevation & Plan of Martello Tower Corsica, and a Profile of the Eighteen Pounder mounted on its Carriage & Slide From original drawings taken on the Spot in the possession of I MacArthur Esqr. See PAD1621 to PAD1623 for the original drawings of t
1809
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Etched From the Life on Board a Scotch Ship. The Cook, Captain & Mait. Print
1809
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Fighting vessel; Fireship. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary longitudinal half model of the port side of a fireship as proposed by Sir William Congreve (1809). One half of a whole model that divides along the centreline, the other half or starboard-side model i
1809
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Fighting vessel; Fireship. Scale: 1:48. Part of decking for the llongitudinal half model of the port side of a fireship as proposed by Sir William Congreve (1809) made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours.
1809
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Fyen (captured 1807); Korn Princen (captured 1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Fyen (captured 1807), a captured Danish 74-gun Third Rates. The plan illustrates the Fyen as taken off prior to bei
25 January 1810
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Fylla (captured 1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Fylla (captured 1807), a captured Danish Sixth Rate, as taken off in 1809. The plan also indicate
4 July 1809
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H.M.S. 'Victory' block sheaves. Two block sheaves in lignum vitae with brass coaks in the centre that were used aboard H.M.S. 'Victory'. Broad arrows are inscribed on the wood (two one side, one the other) and on each coak (two cast in
1809
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H.M.S. Theseus Vice Admiral Dacres, after a Hurricane which happened in Septr 1804, in the West Indies. Plate 4. Plate 4.
1809
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H.M.S. Theseus Vice Admiral Dacres, in the Hurricane which happened in Septr 1804, in the West Indies. Plate 1. Plate 1.
1809
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H.M.S. Theseus Vice Admiral Dacres, in the Hurricane which happened in Septr 1804, in the West Indies. Plate 2. Plate 2.
1809
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H.M.S. Theseus Vice Admiral Dacres, in the Hurricane which happened in Septr 1804, in the West Indies. Plate 3. Plate 3.
1809
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HMS Ajax. Figurehead of 'H.M.S. Ajax', a 74-gun third rate built for the Navy by Perry's Yard, Blackwall, in 1809. She was converted to an auxiliary screw ship in 1846 and broken up in 1864. The polychrome-painted, bearded male figure is a
1809
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Leith (?) with a smack sailing into the harbour. Drawing, signed and dated 'Don Giovanni, 1809' which is the humorous signature occasionally used by Serres after his Italian tour of the 1790s [PvdM 12/10]
1809
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Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword. Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword, which belonged to Admiral Watkin Owen Pell (1788-1870). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt guard and quillon shaped as a Roman fascis; the knuckl
1809
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Lord Gambier. Signed by artist and dated.
1809
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Medal commemorating the 'Mediator' Frigate and Captain J. Wooldridge, 1809. Medal commemorating the 'Mediator' frigate and Captain J. Wooldridge, 1809. Obverse: Fireships bearing down upon the French fleet. Rope border supporting a la
1809
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Medal commemorating the capture of Cayenne, 1809. Medal commemorating the capture of Cayenne, 1809. Obverse: The Regent's head (left), laureate. Legend: 'D : JOAM P : G : D : PRINC : REGEN : DE : PORTUGAL, &c.' (John, by the grace of Go
1809
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Medal commemorating the Nelson memorial, Birmingham. Medal commemorating the Nelson memorial, Birmingham. Obverse: A representation of the monument - a full-length figure of the Admiral on a pedestal inscribed 'THIS STATUE IN HONOR OF ADMIRAL LORD NE
1809
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Medal commemorating the Nelson memorial, Birmingham. Medal commemorating the Nelson memorial, Birmingham. Obverse: A representation of the monument: a full-length figure of the Admiral on a pedestal inscribed 'THIS STATUE IN HONOR OF ADMIRAL LORD NEL
1809
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Medal commemorating the Nelson monument at Birmingham. Medal commemorating the Nelson monument at Birmingham. Obverse: A representation of a monument - a full-length figure of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1758-1805) on a pedestal. The monument at the base
1809
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Monmouth (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse, quarterdeck and forecastle with covered waist (spar deck), upper deck, gun deck (lower deck), orlop deck with fore & aft platforms, and inboard profile for Monmouth (1797), a purchased East I
30 March 1809
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Naval reward medal. Naval reward medal. Obverse: The badge of the Royal Order of the Sword, crowned. Reverse: Inscription within laurel wreath, adorned with six ships' prows of antique design, 'FÖR TAPPERHET TILL SJÖS.' (For brave
1809
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Norge (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inb9oard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Norge (1807), a captured Danish Third Rate, as taken off after having been fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard as a 74-gun Third Rate, tw
29 June 1809
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Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat. Print
1809
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Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade. This is the title page of 'Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade' by James Montgomery and others, 1809. The illustration below the title features an allegory in a roundel. During the 18th century,
1809
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Presentation Sword. Presentation sword. Owned by Captain Sir Thomas Staines (1776-1830). The hilt is gilt, the grip having in relief a representation of the Order of Ferdinand and Merit, the obverse on the obv and the reverse on the rev, between it and
1809
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Presentation Sword. Scabbard for presentation Sword. Owned by Captain Sir Thomas Staines 1776-1830. The wooden scabbard is covered in black leather and the whole incased in brass so that only three panels of leather appear. The supporting rings have been
1809
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Rochfort (1814) [alternative spelling: Rochefort]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Rochfort (1814), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Milford Yard.
9 June 1809
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Rochfort (1814) [alternative spelling: Rochefort]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Rochfort (1814), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker to be built at the Milford Yard. The plan includes the later al
June 1809
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Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1769-1839. A three-quarter-length portrait seated, in captain's 1795-1812 undress uniform of stock, cravat, epaulettes, dark blue jacket and white breeches. His legs in high black boots are crossed and he faces forwards, t
1809
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Surrey Institution. This hand-coloured aquatint shows a scientific lecture in the Rotunda of the Surrey Institution. This operated from 1808 to 1823 in a building on Blackfriars Road on the south side of the Thames that had previously housed the Leverian
1809
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Teneriff. Santa Cruz. Nelson loses his arm. Technique includes etching.
1809
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The 'Royal Sovereign', Yacht. A royal yacht is shown in starboard-broadside view, hove-to off a harbour believed to be Weymouth, with King George III and members of his family on board. It is flying the Royal Standard and the Union flag together
1809
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The Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics!!. A satirical hand-coloured etching by Isaac Cruikshank, based on a drawing by the caricaturist George Woodward. The engraving satirises the proceedings of a lecture on science when a Kentish merchant,
1809
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The Old Mast House Blackwall. A hand-tinted later restrike from the same plate as PAD1402. A view of the old Mast House at Blackwall from across the river Thames. To the right is a small crane for lifting cargo onto the quay. A number of small vessels
1809
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