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'Scene on the Coast of Africa' (The Slave Trade). An engraving published by Leggatt. The original painting was shown in Berlin in 1835 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840 as 'The slave trade'. It was given to Sir Thomas Fowell B
1844
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'Scene on the Coast of Africa' (The Slave Trade). Published by Leggatt. The original painting, first shown at Berlin in 1835, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840 as 'The Slave Trade' and given to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, whose
1844
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'Scene on the Coast of Africa' (The Slave Trade). This is a print from Biard's oil painting, exhibited first at Berlin in 1835 and then at the Royal Academy, London, in 1840 as 'The Slave Trade'. It was given to Sir Thomas Fowell
1844
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. A finial in blue and white porcelain modelled and coloured as a figure of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) with a sword and a hat.
1844
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. Bowl-Brass weighted at base, fitted with stop mechanism. Black painted lubber line on inside of bowl. Set in brass gimbal ring. Card-Mica covered with paper. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points. Dia. 6.75" (17.2cm) Needle-Two edge bar
1844
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. Card- Mica covered with paper. White with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points with a decorated East point, graduated quadrantally in degrees. At centre of card is a 2" hole to accommodate pivot mounting. One balancing stud at S by W point. Nee
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. Card- Mica covered with paper. White with black markings, graduated to 1/2 points with a decorated East point, edge of card graduated quadrantally in degrees. On underside are two metal balancing weights. Needle- Flar bar type 6.9" (17.6cm) length
1844
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, black with white markings, graduated to 1/2 points, with decorated N & E points. Needle- Single "T" shaped fin 5" (12.7cm) long, cut away at centre to accommodate the jewelled pivot cup. Pivot- Jewelled p
1844
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, black with white markings, graduated to 1/4 points with a decorated East point. Needle-T-shaped with the vertical "fin" cut away at centre to accommodate jewel cap. Has an expanded centre which has a hole cut in i
1844
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. Card-Mica covered with paper, white with black and white markings, graduated to 1/4 points. Needle- Single steel needle, 6.5" long, T-shaped with the vertical fin cut away at centre to accommodate the jewel cap. The centre of needle is slightly ex
1844
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. Cheese dish in blue and white porcelain with a lid in the form of Nelson's column. In four pieces 1) An eight-sided stand with four paw feet, blue rope borders and fruiting vine decoration. 2) An eight-sided container with a moulded border of arche
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. deck, spar
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. Dry compass Card: Mica covered with paper, black with white markings, graduated to quarter points. Needle: Two heavy edge bar needles 4.35" (11.1 cm) in length, attached to card by a brass ring. Pivot: Double pivot type, upper pivot secured t
1844
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. Dry compass Card: Mica covered with paper, white with black markings, graduated to quarter points. Needle: Single steel needle, T shaped with the vertical fin cut away at the centre to accommodate the jewel cap. The centre of needle is slightly expa
1844
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. Dry compass Card: Mica covered with paper. Black with markings, graduated to half points with a decorated E point. Needle: T shaped with the vertical "fin" cut away at the centre to accommodate jewel cap. Has an expanded centre with a hole
1844
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. Eight-sided cheese dish stand in blue and white porcelain with four paw feet, blue rope borders and fruiting vine decoration. The name of the maker, the pottery and the date are incised on the base.
1844
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. Eight-sided container in blue and white porcelain with a moulded border of arches and shells at the top and leaves at the base. Blue reliefs of Britannia, and Cupid with Venus are applied to a white ground. The name of the maker, the pottery and the dat
1844
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. Eight-sided domed cheese dish cover in blue and white porcelain with a leaf border and swags of blue fabric in relief, surmounted by a column.
1844
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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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. Liquid compass Card: This card consists of two flat circular pieces of metal joined at the edges by metal rims half an inch wide. There is a circular aperture at the centre to hold the pivot gimbals. The card is white with black markings graduated to
1844
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. Lower deck plan
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. Main deck plan
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. Needle for a dry compass, mounted on a piece of plastic?
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. Pivot with a bell shaped weight.
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. platform
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. profile
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. Relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver, fiddle-pattern table fork owned by Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The back of the handle bears the Franklin crest-a conger eel's head, between two branches. It was obtained from t
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. sail
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. section, midship
1844
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. Sextant elescope (ocular section missing) probably inverted image.
1844
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. sheer & profile
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. Sighting tube for a sextant
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. Telescope for a sextant (ocular section missing) probably inverted image
1844
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. The compass is on a wooden stand.
1844
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. The sextant has a black-lacquered brass oval-pattern frame and a wooden handle. The tangent screw and clamping screw are located on the back of the index arm. The sextant has four shades, three red and one green and three horizon shades, two red and one
1844
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. Upper deck plan
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. ventilator. There is an extract of the document for James Kites' improvements for constructing ventilation chimneys marked ZAZ6836.1, which can be viewed via the grey toggle to the right of the WHOLE field.
1844
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Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed (1762-1849). A three-quarter-length portrait to the left showing Whitshed in his admiral of fleet’s full dress uniform, 1843–47, wearing the ribbon and star of the GCB and the St Vincent medal. His right arm
1844
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Admiral Sir Philip C. H. Calderwood Durham (1763-1845). A full-length portrait to the right showing Durham in his admiral’s full dress uniform of the 1843-47 pattern, wearing the ribbon, star and chain of the GCB, the Trafalgar medal and the ribbon
1844
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Albion (1842). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing sections and the hold plan illustrating the storage for 'Albion' (1842), a 90-gun Second Rate, two-decker. Signed by John Edye [Assistant Surveyor of the Navy].
26 January 1844
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Badge depicting the Arms of the City of Westminster. Badge or medallet depicting the arms of the City of Westminster. Obverse: The arms of the City of Westminster surmounted by the sword of Justice and the crown. The motto 'DISCITE JUSTITIAM MONITI&#
1844
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Battle of Woosung. From an Original Drawing by Capt. Watson RN CB. Technique includes etching.
1844
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Collingwood (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the cabin arrangement on the upper deck for Collingwood (1841), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker as fitting for the flagship on the Pacific Station. Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Doc
30 July 1844
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Commemorative medal depicting the 'John Williams' Missionary ship. Commemorative medal depicting the 'John Williams' Missionary ship. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the three-masted vessel 'John Williams', barque rigged
1844
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Constance (1846). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Constance (1846), a 50-gun Large Frigate. This is possibly an office copy of a plan sent from Pembroke Dockyard (drawn on 12 November 1844).
20 November 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, and part midship framing elevation for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted. Reverse: The reverse records
4 May 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth as proposed for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converte
4 May 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun (lower) deck for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold and sections for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted. The plan illustrates the iron riders in the hold.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the poop deck for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle deck for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper (main) deck for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted.
Circa 1844
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Cressy (1853). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the working sail plan for Cressy (1853), an 84-gun, Second Rate, two-decker, prior to being re-ordered as a 91-gun screw battleship and converted. The dimensions conform to the Original Classification of Masts an
1844
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Dent's Axis Compass with Damping Wires. Dent's Axis Compass with Damping Wires, on wooden stand.
1844
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Easter Amusements - The Greenwich Pensioners...(with biographical details on Daniell Ferhall, Henry Stiles, Joseph Burgin, James Connell, George French, Joseph Brown and John Manning). This is a page from the 'Illustrated London News' of 13 Apri
1844
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Half crown. A Victorian 1844 half crown with additional inscription: 'H.E. Royal Charter 26 October 1859'. The ship was wrecked on this date off the coast of Anglesey.
1844
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HMS Daring. Bust-length polychrme-painted figurehead of 'HMS 'Daring' , representing a naval seaman with his arms crossed, in contemporary dress and wearing a straw hat. The name 'Daring' is inscribed on the cap ribbon and across
1844
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Houchung in the Broadway River. The Houchung fort and "the Nemesis" in the Broadway River Technique includes etching.
1844
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Island in the Harbour of Sheipoo. Technique includes etching.
1844
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King Louis-Philippe's visit to Queen Victoria, 1844. Before and after his reign as King of the French (1830-48), Louis-Philippe, who was also Duke of Chartres and Duke of Orleans, lived in exile in England. This is one of a pair of watercolours by Ro
1844
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Map of HongKong. Print
1844
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Medal commemorating Admiral François Ferdinand d'Orleans, Prince de Joinville (1818-1900). Medal commemorating Admiral François Ferdinand d'Orleans, Prince de Joinville (1818-1900). Uniface. Within a band of wavy design the bust of
1844
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