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'Ecce Homo'. 'Ecce Homo' by M. L. Herschel after Guido Reni. Signed by artist and dated. This drawing was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 15 years old. Ecce Homo (behold the man) is what Pontius Pilate is reported to have said w
1849
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. boat
1849
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. channels
1849
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1849
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. Figure group originally representing a couple kissing under an umbrella (now missing). The naval gentleman holds the handle of the umbrella and wears a blue tail coat, white trousers and a black staff and hat. The girl is shown in a pink flowered skirt,
1849
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. Inboard profile plan
1849
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. Lower deck plan
1849
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. Main deck plan
1849
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. platform
1849
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. profile
1849
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. Scale: Unknown. A working model of a ventilator used on board ships. The ventilator itself is made in brass, and housed in a section of stained mahogany, the whole of which is mounted on a stained mahogany rectangular baseboard on two raise longitudinal
1849
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. store rooms
1849
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. This sideboard was made in 1849, partly from the wood of the 'San Josef', one of Nelson’s prizes from the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. It has a brass plaque with the following inscription: 'The back of this sideboard and the w
1849
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A Chart of Baffin Bay with Davis and Barrow Straits by Captain Ross and Lieutenant Parry, R.N., in 1818, 19 and 20 and thediscoveries of Captain Parry in 1822 and 1823; Captain Lyon in 1824 and Dr. Rae in 1847. Baffin Bay, with Davis and Barrow Straits -
1849; 1822
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A Ship under tow by a paddle steamer off Dover. original art: drawing
1849
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Arctic America Sheet II, containing Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet, Boothnia Gulf and c. with Plans of Ports. Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet, Boothnia Gulf and Plans of Ports -B.A.262 (1849)
1849; 1836
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Arrogant (1848). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a part section illustrating the plug for the waste water pipe, and a front and plan view of the plug, as fitted to Arrogant (1848), a 46-gun First Class Screw Frigate.
Circa April 1849
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Azores Corvo and Flores. Surveyed by Capt. A.T.E Vidal R.N 1844.. Scale: circa 1:150,000. Chart with 2 insets and 6 views. Engraved by J & C Walker. Watermark A P & J London Insets: 1. Caldeira de Corvo circa 1: 25,000 2. Santa Cruz circa 1;25,00
1873; 1849
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Chart of the North Polar Sea. North Polar Sea - B.A. 260 (1849)
1849; 1835
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City of New York from Jersey City. Print
1849
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Counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Obverse: The 'Christian VIII' on fire sinking, broadside starboard view of 'Gefion' in the distance, fort in fore
1849
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Dover Hog Boat. original art: drawing
1849
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Emma Hamilton From The Original Sketch in the Possession of Charles Denham, Esqr. Print
1849
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Flag or hanging depicting Ziwei Dadi. Said to be the flag of the Chinese pirate Shap Ng Tsai but more likely to be a shrine hanging from one of the junks in his fleet. Most Chinese vessels had a small shrine on the poop dedicated to T’ien Hou. The
1849
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HMS Megaera (1849); Warship; Frigate; Steam; Second Class. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary half block model of HMS Megaera (1849), a steam frigate. Number "(30)" on backboard. There is a typewritten label on the backboard.
circa 1849
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HMS Rattlesnake running through the coral barrier on the Louisiade Archipelago, 1849. Drawing
1849
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HMS St Vincent 120 guns First Class First rate. Signed by artist and dated.; Stored in portfolio with PAF5102, PAF5104-PAF5119.
1849
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Ikoa (?) Bay, Cape York, Queensland. Medium includes bodycolour.
1849
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Immortalite (1859); Melpmene (1857). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans with sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Immortalite (1859) and Melpomene (1857), both 60-gun Large Frigates, which were
28 May 1849
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Island discovered by H.M.S. Herald. Mounted with PAD8980 on reverse of a card sheet.
1849
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Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York Gold Medal 1913. Obverse: Bow end view of a three-masted vessel under topsails in a heavy sea. In the foreground a hut and a man firing a rocket apparatus, a boat pulling off. Legend: 'LIFESAVING BENEVOLE
1900
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Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York. Obverse: A circular badge surrounded by a laurel garland hanging from a ship's block. Inscription: "THE LIFE-SAVING BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INCORPORATED 1849". Clasp: "MARCH 11

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Medal commemorating Stephen Hoogendijk. Medal commemorating Stephen Hoogendijk. Obverse: Full-length, draped female figure holding an anchor in her right hand and a staff in her left hand entwined with a ribbon inscribed,'RERVM MAGISTRA.' Legend
1869
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Medal commemorating the action at Eckernförde, 1849. Medal commemorating the action at Eckernförde, 1849. Obverse: View of the two ships 'Christian VIII' and 'Gefion', the former on fire. Reverse: The German shield, striped v
1849
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Medal commemorating the action at Eckernforde, 1849. Medal commemorating the action at Eckernforde, 1849. Obverse: A Maltese cross, with a fluted circle in centre; a monogram above, an anchor below. Legend: 'ECKERNFOERDE.' Reverse: A monogram a
1849
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Medal commemorating the committee of Marine Insurers of Bordeaux. Medal commemorating the committee of Marine Insurers of Bordeaux. Obverse: A female figure reclining in an antique boat with single mast and sail set, her left hand on the rudder, her righ
1849
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Medal commemorating the Russian Admiralty, 1838-49. Medal commemorating the Russian Admiralty, 1838-49. Obverse: An elevation of the building. Exergue in Russian (Founded 1838 blessed 1849). Reverse: The royal monogram and crown of Czar Nicolas I. Legend
1849
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Medal commemorating volunteers from Scandinavia, 1849. Medal commemorating volunteers from Scandinavia, 1849. Obverse: Heimdal, the Norse god of light blowing his horn standing on the bridge of Heaven, sword in right hand, a cock crowing at his feet. Lege
1849
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Naval reward counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Naval reward counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Obverse: Batteries (left) and (right), two Danish ships in the centre, two cutters beyond. Reverse: Firin
1849
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Naval reward counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Naval reward counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Obverse: Batteries on shore in foreground firing at two vessels. Legend: 'ECKERNFÖRDE.' Exe
1849
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Naval reward counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Naval reward counter commemorating the action off Eckernförde, 1849. Obverse: View of the batteries and town, the 'Christian VIII' sinking in flames, the 'Gefio
1849
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Punjab Campaign Medal 1849. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: a Sikh chief surrending arms to Major General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert (on horseback), English troops drawn
1849
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Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), with funeral instructions and facsimile signature below (detached). Technique includes stipple engraving. Adelaide was the eldest daughter of George, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Meiningen, and married the much older Prince William,
1849
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Thames Barges. Signed by artist and dated.; Stored in portfolio with PAF5102-PAF5111, PAF5113-PAF5119.
1849
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The Egyptian Steam frigate Sharkie 36 guns. Signed by artist and dated in plate.; Hand-coloured.
1849
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Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Bullen (1769-1853). A late half-length portrait of the highly decorated Sir Charles Bullen, in vice-admiral’s full dress uniform. He is wearing the ribbon and star collar and badge of the GCB and neck badge and star of the K
1849
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Chart of the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Stored loosely in the front of Fanshawe's album of watercolours of the Baltic, Mediterranean, Scotland, Switzerland and Burma (PAI4671). Items fixed in the album are numbered PAI4673-PAI4716. This one (
probably 1849
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'The Puntinha, Madeira, Jany 1st 1849. Taking a look at one's ship'. No. 1 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52 (following the unnumbered PAI4605). Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This drawing is
1 January 1849
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HMS Rattlesnake passing Curtis Island, Jany 19 '49. Medium includes bodycolour.; Technique includes scraped highlights.
19 Jan 1849
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Medal commemorating the North and South Holland Life-Saving Society; 25th anniversary. Medal commemorating the North and South Holland Life-Saving Society; 25th anniversary. Obverse: Within an oak wreath tied with a bow, inscription: Founded in the year 1
1849
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'Cape Frio [Brazil] N by W 1/2 W distant 4 leagues. Lighthouse on highest point'. No. 2 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This atmospheric study, entirely in tones o
25/26 January 1849
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Steering Wheel (1849). Various scales. Plan showing the side and front elevation of a steering wheel, and detail elevations of the bolts and rings for a steeering wheel, illustrating how they are built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed John Fincham [Master
7 April 1849
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'Mount William, Falkland Islands, May 1849'. No. 6 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic drawing, on two sheets, the right one stuck down to the album page, and captioned by the artist below the image, as title. A vie
May 1849
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'Settlement at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, May 1849'. No. 5 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's 'Daphne' anchored in Port William, East F
May 1849
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'Tussac Grass, Falkland Islands'. No. 4 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist below the image, as title, with the additional note that 'The brown hillocks are the decayed roots, earth &c of the growth of f
late May 1849
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Grief. The Schooner Yacht Wyvern R.Y.S. 205 Tons. Hand-coloured.
19 May 1849
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Pride. The Schooner Yacht Wyvern R.Y.S. 205 Tons. Hand-coloured.
19 May 1849
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The Dolphin yacht. Hand-coloured.
19 May 1849
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H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns, During a N.W. Gale, in Lat 40o 28'N Lon 18o 0' W, March 28th 1849. Print
25 May 1849
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H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns, During a N.W. Gale, in Lat 40o 28'N Lon. 18o 0' W, March 28th 1849. Hand-coloured.
25 May 1849
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Distant view at Osborne from The West Cowes Road, Isle of Wight. Technique includes etching.
11 Jun 1849
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'Andes, Aconcagua Peak distant 170 miles, June 18th 1849'. No. 7 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A drawing by Fanshawe recording his approach to Valparaiso in the
18 June 1849
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The Royal Navy. No 3. Doctor. Boatswain. Master. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, boatswain's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, doctor's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, master's [Royal nav
18 Jun 1849
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The Royal Navy. No 4. Mate. 2nd Class Boy. Commodore. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, mate's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, commodore's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, mate's [Royal na
18 Jun 1849
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H.M.S. St Vincent 120 Guns on her passage from Lisbon to Gibraltar on the morning of the 30th Jany 1849. Hand-coloured.
25 Jun 1849
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Sketch of Coral Haven - Louisiade Archipelago, June 27 1849. Drawing
27 Jun 1849
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Cutter Yacht Vision, 45 Tons, Winner of The Grand Challenge Cup of the R.M.Y.C. and Thirteen other Prizes. Hand-coloured.
12 Jul 1849
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The Royal Navy. No 5. Paymaster. Cadet. Assistant Surgeon. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, assistant surgeon's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, cadet's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, paymast
28 Jul 1849
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The Royal Navy. No 6. Clerk. Second Master. A B Seaman. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, clerk's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, second master's [Royal navy]
28 Jul 1849
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'John Adams' house and grave Pitcairn's Island, Augt 12th 1849'. No. 9 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A slightly unfinished drawing, in which the positi
12 August 1849
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'Pitcairn's Island, Augt 12th 1849'. No. 8 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title, with the further note on the island's height: '1200 ft - The Village is o
12 August 1849
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'Maitea [Mehetia], Augt 20th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 11 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The drawing shows Fanshawe's 'Daphne' under sail off wh
20 August 1849
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'Matavai Bay and Point Venus, Tahiti, Augt 24th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 15 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the page below the image, as title. Matavai Bay, Cook's main base on Tahiti on all his v
24 August 1849
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'Tahiti [Society Islands]. The Ravine of Fautaua - Crown or Diademe Mountain in the centre of the Island, and the town of Papeiti, Augt 24th 1849'. No. 13 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic drawing of Tahiti, on tw
24 August 1849
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'Eimeo [Moorea] from near Papeiti [Tahiti, Society Islands], Augt 25th 1849'. No. 12 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's 'Daphne' arrived at
25 August 1849
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'Fautaua, Tahiti, Augt 25th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 14 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the page below the image, as title. This drawing is reproduced in Fanshawe's biography (1904) f. p. 196, on
25 August 1849
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'In Eimeo [Moorea, Society Islands], Augt 27th 1849'. No. 17 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. An inland view on Eimeo (Moorea) with the dramatically jagged peak of
27 August 1849
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Panorama of Eimeo [Moorea], Society Islands. No. 16 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic outline drawing on five joined sheets, of which the second from right is stuck to the album page. Eimeo is one of the 18th- and 19th-cent
27 August 1849
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'Teriitaria or Ariapaia [Teri’i tari’a II Ari’i' paea], Queen of Huahine, Augt 30th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 18 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as
30 August 1849
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'Panorama of Raiatea, Septr 1st 1849. Tahaa to the right' [Society Islands]. No. 19 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic drawing on three joined sheets, the central one stuck down to the album page. Raiatea (properly
1 September 1849
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'Bora bora [Society Islands], from a ruined native fort above the chief village on the East side of the island, Septr 5th 1849'. No. 21 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as ti
5 September 1849
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'Bora bora, SE side, within the reef, Septr 5th 1849' [Society Islands]. No. 22 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's viewpoint appears to be inside the
5 September 1849
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'Bora bora, Septr 4th 1849' [Society Islands]. No.20.; 13. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Bora Bora is an island in the leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, about 230 km (140 miles) nort
4 September 1849
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'Sunday bonnets at the Navigators' Islands [Samoa], Apia Bay, Septr 14th 1849'. No. 23 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A group of figures outside a hut, of wh
14 September 1849
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'Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators' Islands [Samoa] Septr 18th 1849'. No. 24 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Reproduced in Fanshawe's biography (1904), f. p. 2
18 September 1849
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Barton Grange from the lake with a pair of swans. Mounted with PAE5594.
24 Sep 1849
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Barton Grange, Taunton, Somerset. Mounted with PAE5595.
24 Sep 1849
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'Double canoe off Moalu, Feejee Islands, Septr 26th 1849' [Fiji]. No. 27 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This drawing is reproduced in Fanshawe's biography (
26 September 1849
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'Ambau or M'bau [Bau], Feejee Islands, Octr 1849' [Fiji]. No. 26b in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Bau, pronounced M'bau, is a small island off the east c
October 1849
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'Seru [Seru Epenisa Cakobau (Thakombau)], on board, and Masomalua (in the hat), Octr 1849' [Fiji]. No. 31 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Seru (1815 -83), whom Fan
October 1849
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'Vewa, Feejee Islands, Octr 1849' [Fiji]. No. 26a in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe's first landing in the Fijis was on Turtle Island to confirm its lo
October 1849
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Seru Thakombau [Seru Epenisa Cakobau], 1815 - 83; King of Fiji, 1852-74. No. 30 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image: 'Seru, Thakambau, or Tiu Viti (King of Feejee) dressed and painted
October 1849
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'Feejee hair-dressing; from one Tanoa's younger sons, Octr 7th 1849' [Fiji]. No. 29 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Tanoa (Tanoa Visawaka, d. 1852) was the el
7 October 1849
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The River Dargle, Co Wicklow Ireland. From Mr Barrington's house. Mounted with PAE5569.
10 Oct 1849
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The River Dargle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Powerscourt in the distance. Mounted with PAE5570.
10 Oct 1849
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'Ovolu [Ovolau], Feejee Islands, Octr 11th 1849' [Fiji]. No. 28 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Ovolau is the sixth largest island in Fiji's Lomaiviti archipe
11 October 1849
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Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a plan and starboard side elevation of the head to be fitted to Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan illustrates the arrangement for directing the effluent from the heads/toilets in the bows. A copy
14 October 1849
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Sir Edward Willm C.R. Owen, G.C.B. G.C.H. Admiral of the White. Print
1 Nov 1849
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'Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators' Islands, [Samoa] from verandah of my sick quarters, Novr 6th 1849'. No. 33 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The view looks out to
6 November 1849
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HM frigate at sea. Mounted with PAD9653.
21 Nov 1849
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