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!No.2. Phaeton. Mounted with PAD9019.
1850
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'HMS Frolic 1850'. Inscribed, as title, lower right by the unknown but clearly very competent artist. The vessel shown is the third of the name in the Royal Navy, a 16-gun, 511-ton sloop launched in 1842 and sold in 1864. Although usually classe
1850
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. 18ct gold mourning ring commemorating Maria Ward (died 1850). The bezel of the ring is set with a cameo which is decorated with a depiction of an urn beneath a weeping willow tree. The back of the bezel contains a lock of plaited hair, which is set unde
1850
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. Austrian sword, the hilt of the sword consists of pierced gilt half-basket guard. The guard is embossed with the Imperial double eagle and two mermaids supporting an anchor by its flukes. The guard ends in an eagle's head. The white fish-skin grip
1850
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. boat
1850
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. Bowl-An original treacle compass. Outer: Copper with brass rim. Brass verge ring with stud and pin at centre of glass. Brass moveable ring holding two azimuth sights. Weighted at base with lead. Inner:Copper with brass rim. Black lubber line painted on
1850
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. Bowl-Copper with top and bottom brass verge rings. Verge glass at top and bottom and suspended in ACO stand. Lead ring on inside of bowl. Black pencilled lubber lines. Card-Silk, stretched on copper hoops. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 poin
1850
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. Bowl-Skeleton brass bowl lined with glass. Heavily weighted at base. Black lubber line on inside of bowl. Set in brass gimbal ring. Milled verge ring. Card- Mica covered with paper. Black with white markings graduated to 1/4 points. Has inner graduation
1850
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. deck, gun
1850
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. Despatch balloon message, printed on white Silk with black and red text. Front text reads: 'Despatched by a balloon / H.M.S. Resolute / in Lat...N., Long... W., / To Sir John Franklin.' Reverse reads: 'Provisions left at .../ Steeri
1850
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. hold NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 436, states that 'Contest' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 10 August 1849 and was docked on 8 September. She was undocked on 9 October 1849 and sailed on 30 December having been refitted.
1850
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. hold
1850
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. index, steering wheel
1850
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. lines & profile NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 436, states that 'Contest' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 10 August 1849 and was docked on 8 September. She was undocked on 9 October 1849 and sailed on 30 December having been refit
1850
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. Lower deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 436, states that 'Contest' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 10 August 1849 and was docked on 8 September. She was undocked on 9 October 1849 and sailed on 30 December having been refitted.
1850
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. Middle deck plan
1850
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. profile
1850
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. Scale: Unknown. Wooden model of a large gun on a sea service carriage with wooden trucks that have been secured to the axles with metal pins. The gun has been turned from wood. The carriage has been inscribed on its left-hand face 'Woolwich Arsenal
1850
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. sheep pen
1850
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. St George's Cross flag. Wool bunting, hand-sewn. Used by Captain Sir Erasmus Ommanney during the Franklin Search expedition of 1850-51. Rope and toggle attached.
1850
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. Upper deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 436, states that 'Contest' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 10 August 1849 and was docked on 8 September. She was undocked on 9 October 1849 and sailed on 30 December having been refitted.
1850
National Maritime Museum

. Upper deck plan
1850
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. Wooden square dry card compass stand
1850
National Maritime Museum

462. A marine chronometer numbered 462, by McLachlan. It has an eight-day double-frame fusee movement with three pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow. The fusee, with stop-work and Harrison's maintaining p
1850
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A war junk. A 19th century portrait of a Chinese war junk dated about 1850. Throughout China's history, junks have been used as war ships. They usually have two or three sails and each mast is made of bamboo because of its strength. This junk is show
1850
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Airy's transit circle. Constructing Airy's huge transit circle was a major undertaking. The engineering was carried out by Ransomes & May of Ipswich and Troughton & Sims constructed both the optical parts (including the 206 mm object len
1850
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Greenwich Hospital from the west side. A view down what is now College Walk, from the west towards the Grand Square. The artist has emphasised the dimensions of the buildings through his use of light and shadow, with the dark buildings in the foreground t
1850
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HMS 'Raleigh'. A painting showing the Royal Naval frigate 'Raleigh’ off Portsmouth. Most of her sails are let fly except an outer jib as she slowly makes her way into the harbour with the old semaphore tower visible beyond her amidsh
1850
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HMS Rattlesnake at anchor off a mountainous coast. Medium includes bodycolour.
1850
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Medal commemorating Count Rosen Director of the Admiralty. Medal commemorating Count Rosen, Director of the Admiralty. Obverse: Bust of Count Rosen (right), necktie and open coat. Legend: 'GUST . FRIDER . A ROSEN COM . SEN . R.' (Gustavus Freder
1850
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Medal commemorating Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) and the Britannia Bridge. Medal commemorating Robert Stephenson (1803-1859). Obverse: The engineer's head in profile (right). Legend: 'ROBERT STEPHENSON'. Reverse: A view of a The Britannia
circa 1850
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Medal commemorating the introduction of the first steamships in the Pacific. Medal case commemorating the introduction of the first steamships in the Pacific.
1850
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Medal commemorating the introduction of the first steamships in the Pacific. Medal commemorating the introduction of the first steamships in the Pacific. Obverse: The arms of Chile. Legend: 'EL GOBIERNO DE CHILE A D. GUILLERMO WHEELWRIGHT. 18 DE SET
1850
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Membership token of The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society. Membership token of The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail and uniform (le
1850
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New Zealand Middle Island HMS Acheron moored head and stern in Deas Cove, Thompson Sound. Signed by artist and dated.
1850
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No.1. Prince Regent. Mounted with PAD9020.
1850
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No.1. Prince Regent. Mounted with PAD9030.
1850
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No.2. Arethusa. Mounted with PAD9029.
1850
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No.3. Arrogant. Mounted with PAD9028.
1850
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No.3. Leander. Mounted with PAD9022.
1850
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No.4. Dauntless. Mounted with PAD9021.
1850
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No.4. Phaeton. Mounted with PAD9027.
1850
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No.5. Arethusa. Mounted with PAD9024.
1850
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No.5. Leander. Mounted with PAD9026.
1850
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No.6. Arrogant. Mounted with PAD9023.
1850
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No.6. Dauntless. Mounted with PAD9025.
1850
National Maritime Museum

Queen Victoria's Visit to Queenstown, 1849. One of a pair of paintings by Atkinson commemorating Queen Victoria’s visit to Ireland in 1849 (see also BHC0703), signed and dated ‘Geo M. W. Atkinson 1851’. In August 1849, at the heigh
1850
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Queen; Warship; Fifth rate; Frigate. A full hull model of a 36-gun frigate (circa 1850). Named 'Queen', but doubt exists on how identifiable model is with an actual vessel. Made in the prisoner of war-style using bone and animal horn, it is rigg
1850
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Robert Stephenson (with Menai Bridge, opened 1850, in background). With facsimile autograph. Robert Stephenson and Sir Joseph Fairbairn’s Britannia railway bridge over the Menai Strait to Angelsey was opened in 1850. The tubular sections of the brid
1850
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Sketch of Framingham Castle, Suffolk. This 'sketch of Framingham Castle, Suffolk was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 15 or 16 years old. It would very probably have been done from life on a family holiday. It is signed by the artist and dated.
1850
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Study of a nose, mouth and chin. This sketch was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 15 or 16 years old. It would probably have been made from a plaster model of a statue provided by her drawing tutor. It is signed by the artist and dated. Louisa, as sh
1850
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Study of the lower half of a human face, possibly a statue. This 'study of the lower half of a female face' was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 15 or 16 years old. As the title suggests, the 'female' in question would probably hav
1850
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Study of the lower part of a the face of a statue. This study was done when Louisa Herschel when she was 15 or 16 years old. It would have probably have been made from a plaster model of a statue. Paintings, plaster casts of statues and parts of statues w
1850
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The Cabin of the Viceroy on the day of departure [?] to [?] light from the skylights as marked as well as in from the front rosewood & gold with Pictures and looking glass Seiling white and gold. Technique includes scraped highlights.; Mounted with PA
1850
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The Perilous situation of H.M.S. Investigator, while wintering in the pack in 1850-51... Dedicated to Capt. McClure.... Plate I.
1850
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Warship. Scale: Unknown. A sectional model of the upper portion of the bow showing an improved buckler for securing the anchor chain and making the hawse pipe water tight when the anchor was fished and stowed along side the hull. The model is made entirel
circa 1850
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West Indies Virgin Islands Sheet I Anegada surveyed by Lieut GB Lawrance RN 1848. Scale: circa 1:70,000. Two copies.
1891; 1850
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'Vanguard', 'St Vincent' and a Royal Yacht at Spithead, 1850s. William Joy frequently collaborated on watercolours with his brother John. This example, however, appears to be all William's work and he achieves atmospheric effect w
1850s
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. Black transfer-printed plate of the Crimean War period, depicting Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860) on deck in full dress uniform holding a telescope and pointing to a chart of the Baltic with his right hand. The ship's mast, shrouds, and a dr
1850s
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Design for a 205ft, 90-gun Seond Rate, three-decker (no date).. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 205ft, 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. It was recorded that she was 200 tons
No date, possibly 1850
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Henry Flack, Seaman, Royal Navy. An ambrotype photographic portrait. A three-quarter length portrait of Henry Flack, seaman, seated in a chair with his right hand clasped over his left resting between his thighs. He is wearing a dark long-tailed coat an
1850s
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HMS ‘Ganges’, 84 Guns, off Valparaiso, late-1850s(?). ‘Ganges’, shown in port-broadside view, dominates the picture, riding at anchor in a calm, against a backdrop suggestive of a naval base or shoreside warehousing. Inscribed be
late-1850s
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Portait of Joseph Edwin Moore, seaman. A hand-tinted ambrotype, photographic miniature. A half-length portrait of Joseph Edwin Moore. He is wearing a dark jacket and shirt with a blue scarf. Moore is looking at the camera. He is believed to have run away
1850s
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Portrait Ambrotype of Joseph Edwin Moore. A photographic ambrotype quarter plate. A full length photograph of Joseph Edwin Moore standing in front of a brick building with a window and garden trellis against the wall. The sitter is wearing pale trousers a
1850s
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The Greenwich Pensioner. Wood engraving of a Greenwich Pensioner seated to the right, leaning on a stick held between his knees in his right hand, smoking a pipe and with his face shaded by his hat - though not enough to conceal a red drinker's nose.
probably 1850s
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Unidentified seated male figure. A collodion positive (Ambrotype). A full length portrait of an unidentified male figure seated in a cloth covered arm chair. He is wearing a dark suit with a medal pinned to his left breast. His arms are resting on the
1850s-1860s
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View of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames at Greenwich. An atmospheric, almost monochrome wash drawing over pencil, looking from beside the north front of the King Charles Court eastward along what is now Admiral's Walk. The opening of the Gran
probably 1850s
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The Leda Yacht, R.W.Y.C. Hand-coloured.; Medium includes gum arabic.
1 Jan 1850
National Maritime Museum

'Plain of Santiago, Chile, from the Cuesta del Prado, Jany 7th 1851'. No. 46 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe was at Valparaiso over the winter of 1851, en
7 January 1851
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'Rancho at Concon, between Valparaiso and Quillota, Jany 14th 1850' [Chile]. No. 35 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Having returned to Valparaiso from Samoa in the
14 January 1850
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The Devils Thumb, Ships Boring and Warping in the Pack, Dedicated by special permission to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty By their Lordships most obedient Servant W H Browne, Lieut R N (late of HMS Enterprize ). Print. The Enterprize is shown on
31 Jan 1850
National Maritime Museum

A Representation of the Meteor Seen at Paddington about 12 Minutes before 11 o'clock, on the Evening of the 11th of Feb. 1850. This is a mezzotint representation of a bright, exploding meteor seen over London in 1850. The image is dominated by the da
1850
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Captain Sir William Symonds Kt.C.B. Late Surveyor of the Navy. Print
25 Feb 1850
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'Panama, March 1850'. No. 36 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Fold-out panoramic drawing on two joined sheets, the right one stuck down to the album page which is captioned by the artist below the image, as title. A view from seaward
March 1850
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'Taboga, Bay of Panama - Islands of Perico, Hill over Panama &c in the distance, March 1850'. (Updated, February 2014) No. 39 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Fold-out panoramic drawing on two joined sheets, the right one stuck d
March 1850
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'From a back window in Panama, March 10th 1850'. No. 34 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Having returned to Valparaiso from Samoa at Christmas 1849, Fanshawe and th
10 March 1850
National Maritime Museum

32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the plan and profile for a 12 pounder brass Howitzer and slide; and the body plan, profile with some inboard detail, and deck plan for a 32 ft Pinnace and/or 32 ft Barge as fitted with a 12 pounder Howitzer in th
Dated: 22 March 1850
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'Dr Duncan Stewart's residence Chouringee'. Pen and ink drawing of Chouringee or Chowringhee, an area of Calcutta, India, where Duncan Stewart, Margaret Brodie Herschel 's brother lived. Duncan worked as a medical doctor with the East
24 March 1850
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'Ruined tower on the site of the old town of Panama, destroyed by Morgan the Buccaneer in 1670, March 1850'. No. 37 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The drawing sh
March 1850
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'The extinct volcanoes Viejo and Monotomba, Realejo [Nicaragua], April 5th 1850'. No. 38 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A linking passage by Fanshawe's daugh
5 April 1850
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Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with sections through stations at A, B, C, D illustrating the barrel stowage, magazine, water tanks and stores for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at
8 April 1850
National Maritime Museum

Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck illustrating the tiller ropes, shot layout and fittings for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Sameul Read [Mast
8 April 1850
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Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck illustrating the details of the store rooms for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Samuel Read [Master Shipwrigh
8 April 1850
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Bianca. Print
20 Apr 1850
National Maritime Museum

Sapphire (M. Gibson). Hand-coloured.
20 Apr 1850
National Maritime Museum

The Bianca Schooner Yacht. R.Ackermann's Yachting Scraps. Stored in mount with PAD6544.
20 Apr 1850
National Maritime Museum

The Sapphire (M. Gibson Esqre) R. Ackermann's Yachting Scraps. Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD6562.
20 Apr 1850
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Sunderland Docks. The Marine Procession at the Opening of the New Docks at Sunderland. Heightened with white. This is possibly by John Wilson Carmichael [PvdM 3/13].
Jun 1850
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Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with details for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Samuel Read [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard 1848
25 June 1850
National Maritime Museum

Steamers Neptune & Luna (Built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton). Print
Jul 1850
National Maritime Museum

(Recto) View of two large houses surrounded by countryside, with notes on watercolours; (verso) Two landscape watercolours.. No. 3 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) inscribed in pencil in the lower left. If the adjacent pages are indicative, this scen
15 July 1850
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Emerald (1856). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) illustrating the use of winter felled and summer felled timbers for Emerald (1856), a 60-gun Fifth Rate Large Frigate, prior to being re-ordered in 1854 as a screw frigate and le
17 July 1850
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(Recto) Scene at Teignmouth, with a figure looking out to sea leaning up against a beacon; (Verso) a rugged landscape with a waterfall and pencil sketches of a figure sitting by boulders and a three-decker flagship. No. 4 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Re
22 July 1850
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