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. A Parian ware bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) on a round socle after the marble bust by John Flaxman. He is depicted in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform with the stars of the orders of the Crescent, St Ferdinand and the Bath, and w
1873
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. Inboard profile plan
1873
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. lines
1873
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. lines & profile
1873
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. profile
1873
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. sail
1873
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A dismasted full ship-rigged vessel (possibly a yacht) with a brigantine. Technique includes scratching out.; Heightened with white.
1873
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Button, Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer uniform: pattern 1873. Two buttons. Twisted rope edge. Within a smooth circular border on a lined background is a pre1901 crown with a fouled anchor underneath. On the left-hand side of the stock are the letters R
1873
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Commemorative medal depicting the Cochrane memorial at Valparaiso. Commemorative medal depicting the Cochrane memorial at Valparaiso. Obverse: Full-length figure of Admiral Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860) on a pedestal. Within a wreath: 'COCHRANE.'
1873
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Edward Troughton (1753-1835). A pink-painted plaster cast of the subject's face, said to be a death mask but possibly a life mask. It is mounted on a right-angled velvet-covered wooden bracket with a gold edge-fillet, of the same type as a plaster he
1873
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Gatling 10-Barrel. Machine gun. The Gatling gun consists of ten barrels which revolve round a central axis. The centre fire cartridges are fed into the gun from a magazine mounted on top which holds 240 rounds. The barrels are rotated manually by a hand c
1873
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HMS Coquette. An original watercolour depicting 'Coquette' in still glassy waters, possibly off the Gold Coast. Launched on 5 April 1871, 'Coquette' was a composite screw gunboat which served in the Third Anglo-Ashantee War of 1873-74.
1873
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HMS Endymion. Medium includes graphite.; Heightened with white.; Technique includes scratching out.
1873
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HMS Jumna No.493. Medium includes pen and ink and bodycolour.; Heightened with white.; Technique includes scraped highlights.; Signed by artist and dated.
1873
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HMS Racoon. Heightened with white.; Technique includes scraped highlights.
1873
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Medal commemorating L.J.R. Agassiz, explorer and zoologist. Medal commemorating L.J.R. Agassiz, explorer and zoologist. Obverse: Head of the explorer (right). Inscription (left) (vertical): 'AGASSIZ.' Reverse: Within a wreath of laurel tied with
1873
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New Orleans. Print
1873
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Prize medal, international exhibition, France, 1889. Prize medal, international exhibition, France, 1889. Obverse: A male figure, seated on an anvil and wearing an apron, representing industry (right) indicates the exhibition buildings below. A female fig
1873
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Prize medal, international exhibition, Vienna, 1873. Prize medal, international exhibition, Vienna, 1873. Obverse: The head of Franz Joseph I (1813-1916) emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, laureate, (right). Legend: 'FRANZ JOSEPH I. KAISER VON O
1873
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Royal Humane Society Stanhope Medal 1873-1930s. Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: "LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN". Exergue: "SOC.LOND.IN.RESVSCITAT.INTERMORTVOR

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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1831. Captain's full dress trousers.
1873
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Slave-dealers and slaves - A street scene in Zanzibar. Published in 'The Graphic', 3 May 1873. On the reverse is a schedule of sporting events and a schedule for the Royal Academy. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1873
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The slavery question in Eastern Africa - Negroes taken from a captured slave dhow in a state of starvation. Published in 'The Graphic', 8 March 1873. On the reverse are reports from the police and the law courts. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewa
1873
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The steamship Dorunda. A portrait of the steamship ‘Dorunda’ probably commissioned to celebrate the completion of the vessel. She is shown with three masts and with smoke trailing from her funnel. She is shown flying the flag of the British In
1873
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The Wreck of the Atlantic. Hand-coloured.
1873
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Typical 40 rater racing cutters with balloon foresails and topsails set rounding leeward mark with yachts astern running under spinnakers. Technique includes scratching out.; Heightened with white.
1873
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Vessels used in the Zanzibar slave trade. Article on 'Vessels used in the Zanzibar slave trade', with and engravings. The sheet has five illustrations entitled (from top left): 'Badane of the Arabian Coast'; 'Matapa boat of the No
1873
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'View from our window Rome'. Although undated this drawing of the 'view from our window in Rome' was probably done by Matilda Rose on the same trip to Italy as other drawings in this collection which would give it a date of around Apri
circa 1873
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Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold, and sections through Stations 30, 26, 14, 6, Y, O, and X for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy
9 January 1873
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Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the details and deck layout for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy. The plan
9 January 1873
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Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck illustrating the cabin arrangements for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy. The cabins ill
9 January 1873
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Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile illustrating the inboard details for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted as survey ship for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy. Sign
9 January 1873
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Challenger (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating the details and deck layout for Challenger (1858), a 20-gun corvette, as fitted for the scientific circumnavigation between 1872-1876. The plan was examined by J B Huddy. Signed b
9 January 1873
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Dreadnought (1875). Scale 1:48. A sheer drawing of the body plan, waterlines, half-breadths, as redesigned in conformity with arrangements approved 11 Sept 1872, for the turret battleship HMS Fury (renamed Dreadnought, 1875) while under construction. Con
15 January 1873
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Mirage, R.Y.S., 200 Tons. 5th October 1872. Print
1 Mar 1873
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Mirage, R.Y.S., 200 Tons. Print
1 Mar 1873
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Untitled sketch of young Italian peasant girl. This drawing of a 'young Italian peasant girl' was done by Matilda Rose Herschel on a trip to Italy. Children of upper middle class English families were often sent on trips around Italy in the 19th
April 1873
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Screw steamer Kingmoor 879 tons Register. Hand-coloured.
8 Apr 1873
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Screw Steam ship 'Sultan' 2225 Tons, 240 H.P. W.F. Owen Commander. Print entitled 'Screw Steam ship ''Sultan'' 2225 Tons, 240 H.P. W. F. Owen Commander'. The ship was built by Green's in London in 1873 for thei
14 June 1873
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'HM Turret Ship 'Devastation' at Spithead on the Occasion of the Naval Review in Honour of the Shah of Persia, 23rd June 1873'. In 1873, the Shah of Persia made a state visit to England where he was received and entertained in a style
1875
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J D Henwood; Cargo vessel. Scale: not calculated. Full hull model of the 'J D Henwood' (circa 1873), a 3-masted ship-rigged cargo vessel. We know that this model took E. Tarry Adams three years to make, because he has signed and dated it on the
July 1873 to July 1876
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HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the fore/aft body, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876).
24 July 1873
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The East African slave trade: Destruction of a dhow. Published in the 'Illustrated London News'. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
16 August 1873
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The paddle-steamer John Tennant. Print
1 Sep 1873
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View of fishing vessel, inscribed on stern Dieu L Prote Fecamp, and old vessels thatched as dwellings on a beach probably at Etretat, 18 Sept 1873. original art: drawing
18 Sep 1873
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Sketch of seashore inscribed ' Bude Oct 13/73 5.20pm' (on reverse). Bound with PAF9734-PAF9758, PAF9760-PAF9761.
13 Oct 1873
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23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared? 23 ft Cutter. Signed J. Elliott [Assitant Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1872-?].
Dated: 25 November 1873
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28ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheert lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 12-oared 28ft Cutter. Signed by J. Elliot [Assistant Master Shipwright and Engineer, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1872-?].
Dated: 25 November 1873
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