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'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic. (Updated, July 2014) One of a pair with BHC1215, both of which have received identifications in terms of subject, as showing the 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic durin
1847
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'Site of the Twenty Feet Reflector at Feldhausen. Cape of Good Hope Sept 1834'. This print of the Herschels' 20ft telescope at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, was the frontispiece for John F. W. Herschel's Results of Astronomical Observ
1847
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. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A portable stove found by Lieutenant William R. Hobson at an abandoned camp site at Cape Felix, King William Island on 25 May 1859. The stove was probably made on board ship for use by sle
1847
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. hold
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines
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. Lines & profile. Also related document, see ZAZ6599.1.
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. Lower deck plan
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. One of three parts
1847
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. Royal Dockyard Battalion sword. Solid half-basket hilted sword, the hilt of the sword consists of a gilt half-basket guard with raised bars and a crown and anchor badge. The sword has a lion's-head pommel and back-piece, the mane extends the length
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. sail
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. Scabbard for Royal Dockyard Battalion sword. The black leather scabbard has one gilt locket with two rings and chape. The sword comes complete with a sword belt of the 1847 pattern: the alteration of the scabbard fittings of this new pattern sword, with
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. section, midship
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. Upper deck plan
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. ventilating apparatus
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. ventilator. There is a letter marked ZAZ6837.1, which can be viewed via the grey toggle to the right of the WHOLE field.
1847
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A brigantine and brig grounded with lines ashore.. A salted paper print. Port bow view of a grounded unidentified brig with a brigantine next to it off its starboard side. Lines are ashore from the bows. A small ship's boat is grounded on the beach
Circa July to pre November 1846
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A brigantine and brig grounded with lines ashore.. Port bow view of a grounded unidentified brig with a brigantine next to it off its starboard side. Lines are ashore from the bows. A small ship's boat is grounded on the beach next to the brig. The
Circa July to pre November 1846
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Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:24. An Office Copy of a plan showing the midship section for Adelaide (1848), a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The identify of the vessel as Adelaide is tentative, as it seems that on
27 August 1847
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Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for Adelaide (1848), a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The identify of the vessel as Adelaide is tentative, as it seems that only one sea-going pad
27 August 1847
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Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:48. An Office Copy of a plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Adelaide (1848), a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The identi
27 August 1847
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Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Adelaide (1848), a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The identify of the vessel as
27 August 1847
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Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:96. An Office Copy of a plan showing the sail plan for Adelaide (1848), a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The plan illustrates the intended rig (in ticked lines) for the passage out, a
27 August 1847
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Adelaide? (1848). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for a 72ft Admiralty paddle Tug for the Colonial Government of South Australia. The plan illustrates the intended rig for the passage out, and as the rig was altered at Portsmouth Dockyard. The i
27 August 1847
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Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford, 1811 - 91. Miniature entitled 'Captain Robert Fanshaw Stopford 1811-91', by Sir William Charles Ross, executed in watercolour and gum arabic on ivory. The miniature is contained within a gold frame, with a gilt
1847
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Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860). A full length portrait of Napier standing on rocks, with a fortress in the distance on the left. He is wearing a frock coat, white waistcoat and trousers. Instead of captain’s rings on the sleeves the frock co
1847
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Africa Sheet II from the River Gambia to Cape Lopez and Annabona including the Bight of Biafra by Mr DeMayne, Captain W.F.W. Owen, Captain A.T.E. Vidal and Captain Denham 1812, 1826 and 1839-1846.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen-backed. Scale: [ca.1:3
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Alan-Hyde Gardner, K.C.B. Baron Gardner. Technique includes etching.
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Archipelago Paros and Naxos by Commander Thomas Graves H.M.S. Beacon 1842. Single sheet, engraving. Scale: [circa 1:75,000]. The chart contains three views and one inset: The fourteen-feet pass of Kastro.
1847
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Archipelago, Paros I., Port Naussa by Commander T. Graves H.M.S. Beacon 1842. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:19 000]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated.
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Bermuda (1848). SCale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for Bermuda (1848), a 3-gun Schooner building at Bermuda. The pencil lines are recorded as roughly representing the sail plan for the schooner from the Bahamas (not named).
8 April 1847
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Design for a 215ft 90-gun, Second Rate, two-decker (no date).. Scale 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth for a 90-gun, three-decker, which may have been designed by Joseph White. This is
June 1847
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Dutch in the Medway. Capture of the Royal Charles June 1667. Print
1847
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Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough. Technique includes etching.
1847
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H.M.S. Gorgon. This tinted lithograph shows the wooden paddle sloop ‘Gorgon’, 6 guns, moored for repairs or refitting. One of her masts lies on the shore in the foreground, behind two beached rowing boats. In 1840 she took part in the Bombardm
1847
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Hannibal (1854). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with half sternboard detail, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Hannibal' (1854), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, prior to re-ordering as a screw battleship in 1852. Si
30 June 1847
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HMS Atalanta (part). One of two parts of the figurehead of HMS 'Atalanta' 1847; see FHD0062.
1847
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James Gambier, Baron Gambier G.C.B. Admiral of the Fleet. Gambier. Print
1847
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Jane Ellis of Plymouth. Signed by artist and dated.
1847
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John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent, K.B. St Vincent. Print
1847
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Medal commemorating the opening of the Birkenhead docks, 1847. Medal commemorating the opening of the Birkenhead docks, 1847. Obverse: Starboard-quarter view of a full rigged ship under sail. Legend: 'THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS DOCKS, OPENED BY VIS
1847
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Melampus (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing part plans, and the internal elevation of the bulwarks and barriades along the quarterdeck, waist, and forecastle, on Melampus (1820), a 42-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate. The plan illustrates the fittings such as the
April 1847
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Plan of neighbourhood around the Ivy House, Richard Strong petitioner.. Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Drafting cloth. Physical description Note: Sheet now brown. Petitioner's house marked in red. Scale: [1:3 300]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated map. Addi
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River Medway. Sheet I. Surveyed by Capt. F. Bullock R.N., 1840. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: [Circa 1:15,000].
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River Medway. Sheet II. Surveyed by Capt. F. Bullock R.N., 1840. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: [Circa 1:15,000]
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Rt Honble George Keith Elphinstone, Admiral Lord Keith, K.B. Print
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Steam ship Washington belonging to the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, Frederick Hewitt Commander. Hand-coloured.
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Thames Boats: pulled up on the banks of the River Thames. The River Thames has played a significant part in the history of London, as it handled the bulk of the country's overseas trade even long before commercial cargo-handling docks were developed.
1847
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Thames Peter Boat. Bound in pamphlet with PAF5143-PAF5144, PAF5146. A fine study of a very similar upstream Peter boat by Varley, dated 1809, was illustrated in 'Apollo' (January 2010, p.22) as among drawings in the Charles Ryskamp collection ab
1847
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Thames sailing barge. Bound in pamphlet with PAF5143-PAF5145.
1847
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The bows of an unidentifed brigantine and brig, grounded with lines ashore.. A calotype negative. Two close-up port bow views of a brigantine (left) and brig (right) grounded on a shingle beach with lines ashore. The right hand ship has its fore and main
Circa July to pre November 1846
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The Brig Fuchsia of Sunderland Captn Davidson. Signed by artist and dated.
1847
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The currents off the coast of Guinea collected by Captain A.T.E.Vidal RN 1840. The direction of the current is laid down upon the true north and the velocity given in miles for 24 hours. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:750 000]. Cartographic Note: Plane
1847
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The Islands of Madeira Porto Santo and Dezertas. Surveyed by Captain ATE Vidal RN in HMS Styx 1843. Scale: circa 1:150,000. Three views
1880; 1847
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The Islands of Madeira Porto Santo and Dezertas. Surveyed by Captain ATE Vidal RN in HMS Styx 1843. Scale: circa 1:150,000. Three views
1847
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The Islands of Madeira Porto Santo and Dezertas. Surveyed by Captain ATE Vidal RN in HMS Styx 1843. Scale: circa 1:150,000. Three views. Watermark: J. Whatman, Turkey Mill 1850
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The Rt Honble Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, K.G. &c. Print
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The Turkish Steamer Vassitei Tidjaret, 1000 tons. Signed by artist.
1847
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Three sketches of a mature woman's face. These sketches were done by Louisa Herschel when she was 12 or 13 years old. They would have probably been made from a plaster model of a statue or a painting owned by her drawing tutor. Paintings, plaster cas
1847
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Track of H.M.S.V. Grappler from the Lizard to Cape Verga from December 16' 1846 to January 5' 1847. Single sheet. Manuscript chart, drawn in ink. Graduated for latitude and longitude.
1847
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Unidentified 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half-stern outline and detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unidentified 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan states
24 July 1847
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William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville. Print
1847
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Winchester (1822). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer line with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Winchester (1822), a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 196 sta
6 May 1847
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