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'Basilisk' (1822). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for 'Basilisk' (1822), a 6/10-gun Cutter, re-rigged as a ketch at Chatham Dockyard.
4 October 1836
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'Basilisk' (1822); 'Sparrow' (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Basilisk' (1822), a 6/10-gun Cutter, as re-rigged and fitted as a ketch at Chatham Dockyard in April 1835. The plans was also used for fi
4 October 1836
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. Card- Mica covered with paper, black with white markings. Graduated to 32 points with decorated East point, the outer edge is graduated quadrantally in degrees. Needle- Flat bar type, 5.85" (14.9cm) in length, with square ends. Has an expanded cent
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. deck
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. frame
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. gun
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. hold
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines
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. lines & profile
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. Lower deck plan
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. mast
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. masts & yards
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. masts & yards. There is a document for the classification of the masts,yards and gears marked ZAZ6766.1, which can be viewed via the grey toggle to the right of the WHOLE field.
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. profile
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. sail
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. Sail. Also related document, see ZAZ4775.1.
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. section
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. sheer & profile
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. Upper deck plan
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Admiral Earl Howe from the original by Gainsborough in the Trinity House, London. Print
1836
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Admiral Earl Howe. From the Original by Gainsborough in the Trinity House. London. Print
1836
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Admiral Lord De Saumarez, G.C.B & C General of Marines. From a Painting by B.R. Faulkner. Technique includes stipple engraving.
1836
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Admiral, Earl St Vincent. From a Portrait by Hoppner in His Majesty's Collection. Print
1836
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Admiral, Earl St Vincent. From a Portrait by Hoppner in His Majesty's Collection. Stipple engraving.
1836
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ARCTIC AMERICA Sheet II containing BARROW STRAIT, PRINCE REGENT INLET BOOTHIA GULF etc With Plans of ports. Scale: circa 1:2,000,000. Shows the farthest north point reached by Dease and Simpson, 1939, Plans: 1. WINTER HARBOUR MELVILLE ISLAND, scale: circa
[1839]; 1836
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Black Thorn. This satirical print shows a large European man carrying a whip and smoking a long pipe. Unseen around the corner, an African man waits holding a club. The intertwined characteristics of slave-holding societies, luxury and violence, are parod
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Capt. Sir P.V. Broke, Bart, R.N. Engraved by W Greatbatch. Print
1836
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Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853). Half-length, small-format oil painting, showing the sitter facing out to the viewer in captain's full-dress uniform 1833-43, wearing the orders of a Companion of the Bath and the foreign knightly orders of Kin
1836
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Captn Back, R.N. Print
1836
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Captn Sir William Hoste, Bart. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Lady Hoste. Print
1836
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Chart of the Red Sea, comprising the part above Jiddah, on Mercator's projection, compiled from a stasimetric survey, executed in the years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 in the Honble. Compy's. ship Palinurus, by Comder. R. Moresby, and Lieut. T.G. Carl
1836
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Christian Melodies. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A cloth bound pocket book ('Christian Melodies') found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857
1836
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Duquesne, Lieutenant General Des Armees Navales De 1667 A 1688. Print
1836
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Emerald (1820). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for Emerald (1820), a purchased Cutter Tender to the Royal George (1817), a Royal Yacht, as fitted[?] at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan includes a table of the mast & yard dimensions, and the a
3 March 1836
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HMS 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth Harbour. Ship portrait. A portrait of the Britannia, broadside to port, entering Portsmouth Harbour. The buildings of Portsmouth Dockyard can be seen in the distance to the left and on the far right on either
1836
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HMS Harlequin. The half-length bust (armless) figurehead of HMS 'Harlequin' , a 16-gun brig-sloop built at Pembroke Dock in 1836, which was converted to a coal hulk in 1860 and sold in 1889 to Marshall of Plymouth for breaking. It represents t
1836
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Hobsons Bay PORT PHILLIP as Surveyed by Mr Frederick Shortland OCTOBER 1836. Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip - Shortland 1836
1836
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J.B. Colbert. Restaurateur de la Marine Francaise. Print
1836
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Le Duc De Beaufort Surintendant de la Navigation et du Commerce. Print
1836
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Long-ship's Light Houses. Lands End. Print
1836
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Medal commemorating Civitavecchia enlarged and its harbour improved, 1836. Medal commemorating Civitavecchia enlarged and its harbour improved, 1836. Obverse: Bust of Pope Gregory XVI in an embroidered cope and skullcap (left). Legend: 'GREGORIVS .
1836
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Medal commemorating Napoleon I and the building of the Arc de Triomphe. Medal commemorating Napoleon I and the building of the Arc de Triomphe. Obverse: Head of Napoleon Laureate. Legend: 'NAPOLEON LE GRAND'. Reverse: The Arc de Triomphe. Legen
1836
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Medal commemorating the voyage of HMS 'Terror' 1836-7. Medal commemorating the voyage of HMS 'Terror' 1836-1837. Obverse: Britannia seated. Reverse: A crown, inscription below: 'H.M.S. TERROR CAPTN BACK 1836'. Punched with a
1836
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Ministry of Marine & The Colonies Silver Medal. Silver, "Ministry of Marine & the Colonies" lifesaving medal. Obverse: Head of King Louis Philippe laureate (L) Legend: "LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANCAIS". Reverse: Within an oak
1836
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Nelson. Nelson & Bronte. Print
1836
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Nelson. Nelson & Bronte. Technique includes roulette work.
1836
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New Zealand (North Isle) SHOURAKA GULF and the mouth of the RIVER THAMES From the surveys of Captain James Cook.. HMS Endeavour 1769 Mr James Downie.. HMSS Coromandel 1820 Le Capitaine D'Urville.. HFMS L'Astrolabe 1827 Mr Fredrick Sadler.. HMSS
1845; 1836
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Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe. This floor-standing terrestrial globe forms a pair with the celestial globe, GLB0090. It consists of a sphere covered with two sets of twelve half-gores that are copper-engraved and hand-coloured, mounted
1836
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1833. Lieutenant’s double-breasted undress coat of blue wool face cloth, worn by Lieutenant Horatio James (died 1850), later Commander. The double row of eight gilt brass buttons feature a rope-twist rim around a fouled
1836
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Semaphore at Portsmouth. A view of the entrance to Portsmouth harbour from the saluting platform. In the foreground, two soldiers sit on the wall next to a cannon on an iron carriage and, to the right, the artist has shown a pile of cannon balls. Also, to
1836
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Sheer Draught of the East India Company Steam Vessel 'Berenice'. Inscribed: "Sheer Draught of the Honble East India Company's Steam Vessel Berenice". Also some dimensions are listed. PAH0201 is a duplicate, less good impression.
c.1836
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Silver Medal for Valour. Obverse: Royal arms of Sardinia, crowned, within a wreath of oak (R) and bulrush (L) tied with a bow. Legend: "AL VALORE DEI MARINA". Reverse: Within a wreath of oak, inscription incuse: "SAMPSON SLADEN SCOTTOTENENT
1891
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Silver salver. A silver salver standing on three feet decorated with scrolls and paterae, the rim is decorated with shells in relief. On the upper surface, within a border of acanthus leaves, is engraved: 'This Tea Service is / Presented / to Capt.
1837-1838
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Sixpence. A sixpence. Obverse: Head of King George III in a tie-wig laureate (right). Legend: 'GEOR . III . D . G . BRITT : REX F : D : 1817'. Reverse: Engraved on a smooth surface starboard view of a cutter under sail (right). Legend: 'Ne
1836
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Slave Market of America. The text quotes scripture, the American Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and various public documents to bring attention to the injustice of using publicly funded jails in the Washington area as depots for private sla
1836
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South Australia. A survey of the coast on the east side of St. Vincents Gulf made by Colonel Light, Surveyor General.. Single sheet. Lith. Scale: [ca.1:150 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long. Contents Note: Many favourable remar
1836
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Study for the painting of Bombardment of Algiers, 1816. Despite his humble origins in the north east of England, George Chambers became one of the most promising of the English marine painters of the 1830s, but died tragically young in 1840. One of his mo
1836
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The East Indiaman 'Asia'. This oil painting of the East Indiaman 'Asia' belonged to Thomas Gardiner, who had been purser when she sailed to Madras, Bengal and China in 1831-32 (Asia's tenth voyage), and was bequeathed by him to hi
1836
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The Indiaman Thomas Coutts. A portrait of the East Indiaman ‘Thomas Coutts’, broadside view. She is shown in a lively sea with some of her crew visible on deck. Coastline is visible in the far distance and she is surrounded by a great deal of
1836
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The Right Honble Admiral Viscount Duncan from a painting by H P Danloux. Print
1836
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The shoals at the entrance of PORT PHILLIP & c.c. as surveyed by Lieut. Thos. Symonds & Mr. Frederick Shortland October 1836.. Scale: [circa 1:60,000]. Black and white printed chart of the entrance of Port Phillip in Tasmania. Magnetic variation s
1836
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Tourville. Vice-Amiral du Levant Marechal de France. Technique includes etching.
1836
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the forward platform, with elevations of the carpenter's and boatswain's storerooms, for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by Richard Blake [M
28 September 1836
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with fitting details for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with elevations of details, for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with elevations of fittings for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, illustrating the fittings on deck. Note the enclosed waist with permanent gangways. The plan includes elevations of the ship&
28 September 1836
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with elevations illustrating the ring and eye bolts for guns, and the cupboards in the sickbay, for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
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View of the Juggernaut Pagoda. Coast of Orixa, N.N.W.3, published for Nautical Magazine. Vignette.
1836
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Virginia Stock. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1836
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West coast of Africa sheet VII from Cape Roxo to Isles do Los surveyed by Captn. W.F.W. Owen, Comr. E. Belcher, and Lieutt. W. Arlett 1826-1834. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca. 1:500 000 (lat)]. Magnetic variation marked. Bearings in
1872; 1836
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. Scale: Unknown. A sectional model of the midship gun deck on a warship (circa 1836), incorporating two gun ports. The exterior bulwarks and capping are painted black whilst the interior is white and the gun deck is finished in a creamy white and varni
circa 1836
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Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Cary GLB0242 but updated to 1836. The reference to Mackenzie in North America has been removed; in the south polar region five labels have been added, inc
Plate produced: 1816; Globe assembled: 1836
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The Neptune, Captn Alfred Broadhurst in a hurricane 2nd Feby 1835.... Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1836
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Hart (fl.1836). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for the Hart (fl.1836), a Tender. The plan includes a table of Yard and Mast dimensions. Signed J. Peck [Master Shipwright].
7 January 1836
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Vestal (1833). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an elevation with description for the fitting of a chane around the rudder of Vestal (1836), a 28-gun Fifth Rate Frigate.
16 January 1836
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The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hurricane off the Mauritius, attempting to wear. Print entitled 'The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hurricane off the Mauritius,
6 April 1836
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Proposal for a chain shackle attachment. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a section through an Orlop Deck beam end with a proposal for passing a chain and shackle round the beam for attaching the Hempen cable, instead of the common clench. Signed by Richard
13 April 1836
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A plough at Foster's Farm, Redleaf. Mounted with PAE5579-PAE5580.
19 Apr 1836
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Boys weeding in smocks. Mounted with PAE5579, PAE5581.
23 Apr 1836
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H.M. Revenue Cutter Prince George of 72 tons, John Roach Commander, on her voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales, off the Island of St. Pauls, encountering a tremendous hurricane in Lat. 39 1/2 S. Long. 78 E. August 1833. Hand-coloured.
May 1836
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Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar. Engraved by Burnet after his own best-known oil painting, exhibited at the British Institution in 1837 as 'Greenwich Hospital and Naval Heroes'. This was conceived as a pair to David Wi
10 June 1836
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