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'Atalante' passing Sambro (Nova Scotia) at sunset. 'Atalante' is depicted in the centre of the composition surrounded by three sailing boats. The coast of Sambro (Nova Scotia) provides the backdrop. Inscribed: "HMS Atalante passi
1851
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'Boscawen' (1842); 'Cumberland' (1842). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship. On the reverse is a pla
May 1851
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'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the fittings for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 195
May 1851
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'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship. On the reverse is a plan showing the hold with sections for 'Bosca
May 1851
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'Boscawen' (1844). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Boscawen' (1844), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Guard Ship. On the reverse is a plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'B
May 1851
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'Portrait of M Rose Herschel aged 7 by her sister Maria, aged 11'. A small watercolour of Matilda Rose Herschel by her sister Sophia Maria Herschel. Drawing lessons formed an essential part of the education of any upper middle class Victorian g
1851
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. Airy's Transit Circle. There are parts marked AST0991.1-66 which can be found via the Whole/Part toggle. Object glass 8.1 inches aperture, 11 feet 7 inches focal length, magnification 195 (180 for the Sun). Eye-end: originally 7 vertical fixed w
1851
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. deck
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. deck, gun
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. deck, orlop
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. deck, poop
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. deck, spar
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. Finder telescope.
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. hold
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines
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. Lower deck plan
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. Main deck plan
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. Mercury thermometer, graduated 0-60 degrees celcius in metal tube.
1851
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. Metal tube
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. Middle deck plan
1851
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. Parian ware ewer, moulded overall in high relief. On the body are four scenes from the life and death of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)-the Nile, St Vincent, Copenhagen and Trafalgar as on Nelson's column. The stem is formed as four dolphi
1851
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. Part of Transit Circle roof mechanism.
1851
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. platform
1851
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. Playbill advertising a performance given during the Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1. It is printed in black on linen with a seam down the left hand side and a line of stitching at the bottom. The notice is surmounted by the Royal Coat of Arms and Pri
1851
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. rigging
1851
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. Rod for Airy's Transit Circle
1851
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. Royal Marines sword, which is thought to have belonged to General John Tatton Brown-Grieve (1795-1880). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt openwork half-basket guard, with the Queen's cypher and a crown inserted in the outward bars. There is
1851
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. shroud
1851
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. Small parts of the Airy Transit Circle.
1851
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. Thermometer with scale 0 - 102 degrees Celcius. Serial number 297, in cylindrical metal case.
1851
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. Tube eyepiece
1851
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. Upper deck plan
1851
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. Whaling harpoon. Double shaft, barbed head. For use with gun. Inscribed 'R. Mitchell and Son PHD. Mazinthien 1851'. 'Mazinthien' home port, Peterhead in 1851.
1851
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America Commodore John C. Stevens. Print
1851
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ARCTIC AMERICA Discoveries of the Searching Expedition under the Command of Captn. H.T. Austin. R.N.C.B. & Captn. Penny. 1851. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Black and white chart of Artic North Canada. Manuscript correction in pen ink to "Beaufort&
1851
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ARCTIC AMERICA Discoveries of the Searching Expedition under the Command of CAPTN. H.T. Austin. R.N.C.B. & CAPTN. Penny. 1851.. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Black and white chart of Artic North Canada.
1851
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Arctic America Discoveries of the searching expeditions under the command of Captn H T Austin RN CB & Captn Penny 1851. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 000 000].
1851
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Bexhill from St Leonard's, 1851. Heightened with white.
1851
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Details of military uniforms, including helmet. Mounted with PAE5769-PAE5772, PAE5774-PAE5777.
1851
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Discoveries in the Arctic Sea between Baffin Bay and Melville Island; shewing the coasts explored on the ice, by Captn. Ommanney & the officers of the expeditions under the command of Captain H.T. Austin R.N.C.B. and Captain W. Penny; also by the Honb
1851
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English Maidens' Song. Song lyrics printed on silk on board HMS 'Assistance', during Austin's Franklin Search expedition 1850-51. The Royal arms are printed above the text. 'The English Maiden's Song / Sung in the Pantomime
1851
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HM Steam Frigate Terrible, 800 Horse Power. HMS 'Terrible' was launched at Deptford in February 1845. She was a large 19-gun paddle-frigate, and served during the Crimean War. Medium includes white heightening.
1851
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Islands East of Java from Baly to Timor. By Lieut HDA Smits, Dutch Royal Navy 1848.. Scale circa 1:2,000,000. 7 insets. Insets: 1. [Java] Pampang Bay circa 1:100,000; 2. [Lombok] Pidioe Bay circa 1:100,000; 3. [Sombawa] Taliwang Bay circa 1:100,000; 4. [S
1851
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Jas Ross, Captain. Signed by artist in plate.
1851
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Medal commemorating the Grinnell Arctic Expedition, 1851. Medal commemorating the Grinnell Arctic Expedition, 1851. Obverse: Port broadside view of a topsail schooner, her bow embedded in the ice, another in distance (right). Above: 'ADVANCE RESCUE&#
1851
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Medal commemorating The Tees Navigation Company. Medal commemorating The Tees Navigation Company. Obverse: Starboard bow view of a brig under sail. Legend, (outer) 'TEES NAVIGATION COMPY . MELIORA SPERAMUS'; (inner) 'INCORPORATED BY ACT OF
1851
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North Atlantic Ocean, 1850. Single Sheet. Engraved. Scale: [Circa 1:10,000,000]. Manuscript annotations showing tracks of ships, Shannon, Prince of Wales, Seringapatan, and Agamemnon, 1851 to 1868.
1851; 1851
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Prize medal, Great Exhibition 1851. Obverse: Conjoined heads of Victoria and Albert (L). Legend: "VICTORIA D:G:BRIT:REG: F.D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX MDCCCLI". Reverse: Britannia crowning industry, the four continents behind. Legend: "DISS
1851
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Prize medal, Great Exhibition. Obverse: Conjoined busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Concort (L) dolphin below, a trident right.Inscription: "VICTORIA D:G:BRIT:REG:F:D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX MDCCCLI". Inscription on edge: "MESSRS. GREEN.
1851
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Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883). Print
1851
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Submarine cable section. A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. There are four single copper wires each covered with two layers of gutta percha, tarred hemp and ten stranded iron wires.
1851
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Submarine cable section. A section of the first submarine cable. It was laid between Dover and Cape Grisnez. The cable is black but appers to be starting to rust.
1851
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Submarine cable section. Submarine cable. Cylindrical section of submarine cable consisting of a central core of seven copper conductors compounded first with india rubber, then a layer of gutta percha and finally tarred hemp. The outer sheathing consists
1851
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Surprise Whim Alarm. Heightened with white.
1851
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The Right Hon. Earl St Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet, G.C.B. &c. Engraved by permission from an Original Picture by Sir W Beechey R.A. in the Possession of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.B. &c. Technique includes etching.
1851
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The Right Hon. Earl St. Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet, G.C.B. &c. Engraved by permission from an original picture by Sir. W. Beechey, R.A. in the possession of Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker G.C.B. &c. Print
1851
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To the Commodore & Members of the New York Yacht Club This Print of the Yacht America... dedicated by Brown & Severin. Hand-coloured.
1851
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. A hand drawn copy of a plan dated 17 April 1841 showing the inboard profile with details for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker.
19 April 1851
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Embarkation of the Rifles from Dover Harbour for the Cape in Jany 1851. Drawing
Jan 1851
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32 ft Barge. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 14-oared 32 ft Barge. Annotation dated October 1852, listing the dockyards to which copied were sent.
Originally dated: 7 January 1851, later amended to 1853
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'Lake of Acoleo [Laguna de Aculeo], Chile, Jany 11th 1851'. No. 48 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the third of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI4659) which reco
11 January 1851
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'Suspension Bridge of hide thongs (but repaired with chain) over the Maypu, five leagues south of Santiago, Chile, Jany 11th 1851'. No. 47 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as
11 January 1851
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'The Cuesta de Chacabuco, looking towards San Felipe de Aconcagua [Chile], Jany 14th 1851'. No. 50 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the fifth of seven drawi
14 January 1851
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'Two Leagues from Santa Rosa [de Los Andes, Chile], Jany 14th 1851' [with the Andes and Aconcagua]. No. 51 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The inscription continue
14 January 1851
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'Callina [Colina], 15 miles north of Santiago, Jany 13th 1851' [Chile]. No. 49 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the fourth of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI465
15 January 1851
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'Between San Felipe de Aconcagua and Quillota, Chile, Jany 16th 1851'. No. 52 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the last of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI4659)
16 January 1851
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(Recto) Sheerness Dockyard from stern port of the 'Trafalgar', 25 January 1851; (Verso) 'Monarch' at Sheerness from the 'Trafalgar' 29 January 1851. No. 7 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscribed top left: 'Sheern
January 1851
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Secret. Hand-coloured.
14 Apr 1851
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The Musquito Cutter Yacht- in stays. R. Ackermann's Yachting Scraps. Print
14 Apr 1851
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The Secret R. Ackermann's Yachting Scraps. Stored in mount with PAD6564.
14 Apr 1851
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Fores's Marine Sketches. Plate 1 Xarifa Yachting Scene off Cowes, Isle of Wight. Print
1 May 1851
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Fores's Marine Sketches. The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty (with) HM Yacht Fairy and Dryad. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint inscribed 'The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty&#
1 May 1851
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Fores's Marine Sketches. The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour. The Victory Saluting Her Majesty. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint inscribed 'The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty'. HMS Yacht Fairy is shown wi
1 May 1851
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HMS 'Daphne' off Cape Horn, 28 May 1852. No. 63 (and last) in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image; 'Cape Horn, May 28th 1852'. Fanshawe left Panama about 20 March 1852, at
28 May 1852
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The Schooner Yacht, Nancy Dawson, R.T.Y.C... built for the Late Robt Shedden, Esq. Who died on board at Mazatlan, 16 Novr 1849, whilst cruising in Search of Sir John Franklin's expedition. The only Yacht that ever rounded Point Barrow, and Circumna
2 Jun 1851
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