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'A Town Major' - a soldier in uniform lounging on a sofa. Inscribed at the bottom of the page: 'A Town Major'. A uniformed army officer reclining on a sofa. From an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and poss
1820
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'Entrance of Portsmouth Harbour. Drawn by me, when at the Naval College in 1820 aged 14. Charles Henry Paget'. Medium includes graphite. This watercolour, inscribed by the artist as above, shows a view of a small coastal trading brig mored and d
1820
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'Is Camomile a Drug?'. This caricature entitled 'Is Camomile a Drug?' shows a person identified as a Mr. Bowden standing, facing right in a top hat holding what appears to be a pencil in his clenched right fist. The title, 'Is C
1820
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'My Horse see': a man in blue jacket and white cravat. Inscribed at the top of the page: 'My Horse see'. A head and shoulder view of a thin man wearing a blue jacket and white cravat. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (P
1820
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'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, and sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Vigilant' (1821), 'Basilisk' (1
circa March 1820
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'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821); 'Swift' (1821). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the sections at Stations '14' and 'M', and midship sections for 'Vigilant' (1821),
circa March 1820
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'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821); 'Swift' (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for 'Vigilant' (1821), 'Basilisk' (1822), and �
October 1820
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(Recto) Deck scene showing capstan, mast and ropes, with sailors relaxing in the backround; (Verso) Two head-and-shoulder sketches of a man in fancy dress. (Recto) A deck scene showing capstan, mast and ropes, with sailors relaxing in the backround. The s
1820
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. bomb bed
1820
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. Bowl-Copper, fitted with a stop mechanism consisting of a card lifter operated from the bottom of the bowl. Lubber line engraved on ivory plate attached to inside of bowl. Base weighted with lead. roughly cut glass, lossely laid on top. Fitted with bras
1820
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. Box
1820
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. Brass measuring scale. Fitted wooden box. Inscribed 'S.5' (Hydrographic Office numbering)
1820
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. Card- clear mica with narrow rim and cross piece of green paper, graduated in black to 360 degs with two rows of figures, inner row erect for reading on edge of card nearest to observer, outer row very small and inverted for reading by prism. Needle- Fl
1820
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, white with black markings, graduated to 1/4 points.It is perforated by eight circular holes irregularly spaced. A slot 6.5" long, 0.7" wide with expanded centre, 1.6" diameter, is cut in the N-S line of card,
1820
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. deck, quarter
1820
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1820
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. Flintlock pistol. The walnut stock, the fore-end of which is broken off, is fitted with a brass trigger guard and brass buttcap. The brass ramrod pipe is fitted for a swivel type ramrod that is now missing. The lock consists of a flintlock with ringneck
1820
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. frame, trussed
1820
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. Inboard profile plan
1820
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. lines
1820
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. lines & profile
1820
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. Lower deck plan
1820
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. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth plate port broadside view of a cutter under sail. Reverse: Inscription, 'EM. 1820.'
1820
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. profile
1820
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. section
1820
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. shell room
1820
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. The boxes are marked ACO0046.1-2 and can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Bowl-Dia. 7" (17.8cm) Black painted brass, balancing weight attached to bottom of bowl. Inside of bowl painted white with a black lubber line painted on side. Mounted in a
1820
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. This dry card compass has a brass bowl with a red painted metal piece on the base to add stability, a domed glass cover and is hung in gimbals. The lubber line inside the bowl is a single wire, with a brass band on the opposite side of bowl with vertica
1820
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. This dry card compass has a copper and brass bowl outer mounted in gimbals and has a folding lubber point. The pivot is made of steel and is where the inner bowl rests. Its diameter is 3.5" (8.8cm). The inner part of the bowl is made of brass and c
1820
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. Two screws for bearing plate compass
1820
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. Upper deck plan
1820
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A cabin scene with a man relaxing in a chair, cross-legged and with his feet up. One of several cabin scenes showing sailors and passengers passing the time of day, from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by
1820
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A cabin scene with man lying down reading a book. A cabin scene with man lying down reading a book. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned antiquarian of Kent and churchman the Rev. T
1820
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A cabin scene with two army officers sitting and reading at a table. A cabin scene with two army officers sitting and reading at a table. Two sailors in the background, one leaning against a door frame. From an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289)
1820
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A deck scene with a man being seasick over the ship's rail. A deck scene with a well-dressed, seasick man throwing up over the ship's rail. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the ren
1820
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A deck scene with four men and a boy cutting open a turtle. Inscribed (signed?) on a block, lower right: 'WSS' A deck scene with four men and a boy cutting open a turtle. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owne
1820
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A map shewing the situation of the ice in the Greenland Sea during the summer of the years 1806, 1817 and 1818.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 000 (lat at 71 N)]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Polar projection. Contents Note: Outlines of the ice
1820
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A sailor on deck looking up to the rigging. This coloured drawing, a full-length view of a sailor looking up to the rigging, relates to another pencil sketch in the same album, PAI4298. Both pages are from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) f
1820
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A Third-rate entering Port Mahon. A third-rate, two-decker, 74-gun warship is shown flying the red ensign and private pennant on the left of the picture, in the outer part of Port Mahon harbour, Minorca. A ship of this size could have been used for lying
1820
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Account of the Arctic Regions by W Scoresby, Vol.II.Frontispiece. Dangers of the Whale Fishery. Whaling could be a very dangerous business - as this frontispiece from 'Account of the Arctic Regions' (1820), by W. Scoresby, shows. Whale boats wer
1820
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Alarm (cancelled 1826), Andromeda (launcehed as Nimrod (1828)). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Alarm (cancelled 1826) and Nimrod (under original name of Andromeda), both originally 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate, but N
4th April 1820
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Appearances of Spitzbergen and adjacent Islands. Plate III.
1820
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Asia (1824); Bombay (1828). Scale: 1: 48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Asia (1824) and Bombay (1828), both 84-gun Second Rate, two-deckers, building at Bombay Dockyard, India. The plan includes later undated alterations.
February 1820
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Bombay (1828); Asia (1824); Powerful (1826); Formidable (1825); Vengeance (1824); Monarch (1832); Thunderer (1831); Clarence (1827). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, with modifications dated 1821, for 'Bombay' (1828), 'Asia&#
22 May 1820
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Brig Leonidas and Gulet Therpsicore. This coloured reproduction is a portrait of the Greek merchant brig Leonidas, which in 1820 was in Turkish ownership. In the background is the gulet Therpsicore (a traditional Mediterranean two- or three-masted sailing
1820
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Daphne (cancelled 1832), Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the midship section for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops. Initialled R[obert] S[eppings] and J[oseph] T[ucker] (Su
24 November 1820
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Deck scene with men relaxing and another looking up to the rigging. A deck scene with men in sailor's dress: three seated, relaxing, and another looking up to the rigging. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, an
1820
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Deck scene with six figures including one steering at the ship's wheel. Deck scene with six figures larking about on deck, perhaps enacting a scene from a play, with one steering at the ship's wheel. Page from an album of drawings and watercol
1820
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Deck scene with three men hauling on a rope. Deck scene with three men hauling on a rope. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned antiquarian of Kent and churchman the Rev. Thomas Stre
1820
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Deck scene, with man at the wheel, and another two taking sextant readings. A deck scene with man at the wheel and another two taking sextant readings. Other figures lounge on deck or sit around a table in the ship's cabin. Page from an album of dr
1820
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Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with additional riders for Diana (1822), Thames (1823); Mermaid (1825), and Unicorn (1824), all 46-gun, Fifth Rate, Frigates building at Chatham Do
30 July 1820
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Dublin halfpenny token. Dublin halfpenny token. Obverse: Hibernia seated, her left hand resting on a harp. Legend: 'ONE HALFPENNY TOKEN.' Exergue: '1820'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a three-masted merchantman under courses a
1820
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Four sailors relaxing on deck, one reading. A deck scene with four sailors relaxing, one of whom is reading. From an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned antiquarian of Kent and churchman the Rev.
1820
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Full length view of man relaxing on a bunk reading a book. Full length view of man relaxing on a bunk reading a book. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned antiquarian of Kent and ch
1820
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Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India.
July 1820
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Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India. Initialled by Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831] and Robert Seppings [Survey
July 1820
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Ganges (1821); Formidable (1825); Powerful (1826). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle (with alterations) for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, built in Bombay, India. The plan was then used as reference for the cabin
July 1820
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Ganges (1821); Formidable (1825); Powerful (1826); Thunderer (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck (with alterations) for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India. The plan was then used as reference for the
July 1820
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Ganges (1821); Thunderer (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the diagonal bracing for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, building at Bombay, India. The method of diagonal framing depended upon how the frames h
circa July 1820
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Head and shoulder view of a black sailor in a blue jacket with yellow waistcoat and black tie.. Head and shoulder view of a black sailor in a blue jacket with yellow waistcoat and black tie. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) former
1820
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Head and shoulder view of a man wearing a hat and waterproof coat. Head and shoulder view of a man wearing a hat and waterproof coat, seen from behind with him looking to the left. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned,
1820
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Hydrographical chart of the Arctic regions including the late discoveries of Captain Ross and some original surveys. William Scoresby drew this chart after John Ross returned from his 1818 voyage in search of a North-West passage. Ross reported that his r
1820
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Man wearing a hat and waterproof coat, seen from behind with him looking to the left. The figure depicted here, presumably a senior member of the ship's crew, appears several times in this album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned,
1820
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Martin (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Martin (1821), a 20-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop.
Circa August 1820
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Martin (1821); Rose (1821). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section (midship?) for the Martin (1821), a 20-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop, and for Rose (1821), an 18-gun Ship Sloop, both building at Portsmouth Dockyard.
August 1820
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Martin (1821); Rose (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Martin (1821), a 20-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop. The plan was to be used for fitting out the Rose (1821), also an 18-gun Ship Sloop, where her form would allow.
August 1820
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Medal commemorating the Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society. Medal commemorating the Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) (left), hair in a pigtail behind. Full uniform with star of K . B . Le
1820
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Medal commemorating the Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society. Medal commemorating the Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society. Obverse: bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) (left), hair in a pigtail behind. Full uniform with star of K . B . Le
1820
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Medal commemorating the Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society. Medal commemorating the Liverpool Seamen's Friend Society. Obverse: Nelson's bust (left), hair in a pigtail behind. Full uniform with star of K . B . Legend: 'LIVERPOOL SEAMEN
1820
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Nemesis (1826); Druid (1825); Stag (1830); Forth (1833); Seahorse (1830); Severn (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Nemesis (1826) and Druid (1825), and later with alterations dated J
20 November 1820
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Optics Plate VIII. A hand-coloured engraving of optical insruments including telescopes and a camera obscura, engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis in 1820 as part of its treatment of optics. George Biddel Airy, the Astronomer Royal, recalled that he
1820
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Optics Plate XI: Compound Microscopes. A plate illustrating compound microscopes, engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis in 1820 as part of its treatment of optics. ZBA4492-ZBA4496 are all plates from this volume.
1820
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Optics Plate XIII. Optical components including micrometers for telescopes and microscopes, engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis in 1820 as part of its treatment of optics. Hand coloured. ZBA4492-ZBA4496 are all plates from this volume.
1820
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Optics Plate XV Principles and Construction of the Kaleidoscope. A hand coloured plate illustrating the principles and construction of the kaleidoscope, engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis in 1820 as part of its treatment of optics. ZBA4492-ZBA44
1820
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Optics. Londinensis. In the centre of the image is an eye within a star and surrounding this are seven figures representing the colours of the spectrum. In the four corners, putti are demonstrating optical principles and instruments: a telescope, a prism,
1820
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Representation of The Ship Esk of Whitby, Damaged by Ice and Almost Full of Water During An Attempt To invert Her position and Bring The Keel To The Surface of The Sea For Repairing The Damage. See Volume II, P.461 Frontispiece to Vol.I. Technique include
1820
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Sir William Herschel (1738-1822). The original Artaud portrait was commissioned by William Herschel's son, John Frederick William Herschel in 1819. This oil on canvas copy was made from a painting commissioned by Bertie Greatheed, a friend of the fam
1820
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Smyrna. Print
1820
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Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing fore and aft platforms for building Talbot (1824), Success (1825), 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop), in Penbroke Dockyard. Initialled H.P, J.T, R.S. [Henry Peake, Joseph Tucker, Robert Seppin
3rd January 1820
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